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PROJECT 8704
25 Aug 87
SOURCE 003
SUMMARY OF DATA RE US AIRCRAFT:
The body or wing conformation of this aircraft is changed to
enhance performance.
The concept is to minimize the number of
control
surfaces and streamline the control linkages through the
use of elctro-optic type connectors.
The metallurgical
principles involved in the construction of the aircraft are novel
in that they involve the use of laminates and metal bonding "like
teflon on a pan"; the process allows for high strength, low
weight, flexibility, range survivability and low signatures.
The
overall design sacrifices maneuverability for these advantages.
The US aircraft is complex, time consuming to produce, and barely
out of the experimental stages.
This aircraft has some sort of
erosion problem. It is better constructed, quieter, and has a
longer range capability than
its Soviet counterpart.
SUMMARY OF DATA RE SOVIET COUNTERPART:
The counterpart aircraft has a single tail. It slopes back
in a curved and re-curved manner, shaped somewhat like a slight
hourglass with two engines.
It is more rigid than the first
aircraft and has a greater metal content.
In essence it is
clumsier since it was developed from an existing but older
design.
Steel cables rather than an electronic linkage slows
reaction time and control accuracy of the aircraft.
Unlike the
first aircraft, its nap-of-the-earth (NOE) capabilities are much
more limited than the first aircraft.
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1. SINGLE
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GENERAL HOUR GLASS Shape
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INTERVIEWER NOTES!
REAR VIEW
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ings TEND TO " SWOOD"
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