lifting-body vehicle

  • 1lifting body — ☆ lifting body n. a vehicle combining features of aircraft and spacecraft, designed for reentry into the atmosphere, flight at high altitudes, and the ability to land itself * * * …

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  • 2lifting body — ☆ lifting body n. a vehicle combining features of aircraft and spacecraft, designed for reentry into the atmosphere, flight at high altitudes, and the ability to land itself …

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  • 3Lifting body — The lifting body is an aircraft configuration where the body itself produces lift. It is related to flying wing which is a wing without a conventional fuselage. A lifting body is a fuselage that generates lift without the shape of a typical thin… …

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  • 4Lifting Body — Von links nach rechts: X24A, M2 F3, HL10 X 24B im Flug …

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  • 5lifting body — Any body or shape of a fuselage of an aircraft that produces lift. If it is the main or chief source for lift, such a device can fly without wings. Hypersonic aircraft and spacecraft use lifting bodies. NASA hypersonic researeh vehicle …

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  • 6lifting body — noun : a maneuverable rocket propelled wingless vehicle that is capable of travel in aerospace or in the earth s atmosphere where its lift is derived from its shape and that can be landed on the ground …

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  • 7Vehicle recovery — is the recovery of any vehicle to another place generally speaking with a commercial vehicle know as a Recovery, or tow Truck.Recovery can take the the form of general recovery, normally of broken down vehicles, or a Statutory Recoveries at the… …

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  • 8Vehicle canopy — This article is about vehicle canopies. For aircraft canopies, see Aircraft canopy. For other canopies, see Canopy. Lifting canopy on a Sterling Nova. A vehicle canopy is a rarely used type of door for cars. It has no official name so it is also… …

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  • 9Crew Return Vehicle — ISS Crew Return Vehicle – CRV (X 38 Prototype) Operator NASA The Crew Return Vehicle (CRV), sometimes referred to as the Assured Crew Return Vehicle (ACRV), is the proposed lifeboat or escape module for the International Spa …

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  • 10Crew Exploration Vehicle — This page refers to initial design, for current version see: Multi Purpose Crew Vehicle. CEV initial concept in Lockheed Martin design, showing delta wing crew module (at right), with a mission module and propulsion stage (with rocket engines)… …

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