Northrop X-4

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Northrop X-4 Bantam
Northrop X-4 "Bantam"
Northrop X-4 "Bantam"
Type: Experimental airplane
Design country:

United StatesUnited States United States

Manufacturer:

Northrop Corporation

First flight:

December 16, 1948

Number of pieces:

2

The Northrop X-4 Bantam was a jet-powered, brushless experimental aircraft produced by the US manufacturer Northrop Corporation . The research program was led by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), forerunner of NASA .

The aircraft was a single-seat swept wing (wing arrow 41.5 °) without a horizontal stabilizer . It was 7.10 m long, had a wingspan of 8.18 m and a maximum take-off mass of 3550 kg. It had a retractable tripod and an ejection seat. It was powered by two Westinghouse J30 WE 9 jet engines with 7.1 kN static thrust each. The air inlets were in the wing roots. The maximum speed at high altitude was Mach 0.89.

Two copies of the X-4 were built. The first flight took place in 1948. In 1954 the program was discontinued.

Three-sided view of the Northrop X-4 "Bantam"

Technical specifications

Parameter Data
crew a pilot
length 7.1 m
span 8.2 m
height 4.5 m
Maximum take-off mass 3550 kg
Empty mass 2540 kg
Top speed 1035 km / h
Service ceiling 13,400 m
Engines Two Westinghouse J30 jet engines with 7.1 kN thrust each

See also

Web links

Commons : Northrop X-4  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Description on history.nasa.gov p. 10. (PDF; 1.2 MB) Retrieved on January 11, 2013 .
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List of aircraft types made by Northrop and Grumman (now Northrop Grumman )
Civil series:

Alpha • Beta • Gamma • Delta • G-21 • G-44 • G-63 • G-72 • G-73 • G-81 • G-164 • Gulfstream I • Gulfstream II

Fighter and torpedo bombers:

XSBF • AF • TBF / TBM • XTB2F • YA-13 • XA-16 • A-17 • A-6 • YA-9

Bomber:

YB-35 • YB-49 • BT • B2T • B-2 • B-21

Transport aircraft:

HU-16 • YC-19 • C-100 • UC-103 • YC-125 • JF • J2F • J3F • J4F • JRF • XJR2F • RT • C-1 • C-2 • KC-45

Electronic warplanes:

E-1 • E-2 • EA-6 • E-8 • E-10 • E-11 • EF-111

Fighter plane:

FF • SF • XFT • F2F • F2T • F3F • F4F • XF5F • F6F • F7F • F8F • F9F • XF10F • F11F • XF12F • XP-56 • P-61 • XP-79 • F-89 • F-5 • F-9 • F-11 • F-14 • YF-17 • F-20 • YF-23

Drones (UAVs):

RQ-4 • RQ-5 • MQ-8 • RQ-180

Reconnaissance aircraft:

F-15 • RF-61 • RF-5 • OV-1

Sea patrol aircraft:

S-2

Trainer:

T-38 • TX

Test aircraft and canceled projects:

Experimental No.1 • HL-10 • N-1M • N-3PB • N-9M • Firebird • LEMV • Tacit Blue • MX-324 • X-4 • X-21 • X-29 • X-47 • Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration • Nutcracker