I'm surprised by the assembly tolerances. .05-.1"
The F-35 is assembled to .003"
The usage of control cables and pulleys is odd. I would have expected hydraulic/electric actuation in a Mach 2+ aircraft.
The usage of control cables and pulleys is odd. I would have expected hydraulic/electric actuation in a Mach 2+ aircraft.
I did some reading and the XB-1 does use hydraulics. From VEP and other companies.
It looks like they will be using titanium leading edges to handle the heat loads.
They are using a J85-GE-15. I don't think that will allow them to reach M2.2. Closer to M1.7 or so? Depends on the inlets I think. (I was wrong on the engines. They are using 3x engines, not the 2x afterburning that I was expecting. So the speed looks reasonable)