ON THE BENCH:
Kit:
Lindberg
Size:
1/48 scale, 16 3/8 inches
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No doubt about it, Douglas Aircraft's sleek X-3, nicknamed Stiletto
certainly looked like it should have been one of the fastest of
all the X-Planes. Problems with the delivery of the proper engines, however
caused it to be badly underpowered and the X-3 never achieved its goal
of testing an airframe at a sustained speed of Mach 2. Technically
though, it was a successful aircraft, being the first to test titanium
as a construction material and it also helped aircraft engineers learn
how to cope with inertia
coupling, a hazardous phenomenon that could cause a pilot to lose
control of an aircraft while maneuvering at very high speed.
This is Lindberg's 1/48 scale model kit. It is currently a work in progress and is close to being finished. |
The History of Space Exploration
Figures: People, Creatures and Dinosaurs
