marty_hopkirk Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 (edited) As, most of what is being built is obscure - I thought it would be prudent to post links to references. NASA/Dryden This site is a good place to start with lots there, from the first X-Craft operations right up to current events. It's a big site and takes a bit of searching but there are photo's movies brief annotation of operations, well worth a trawl. http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/X-...ries/index.html X-Planes net Another very good site if one wants a brief overview and some photos. http://users.dbscorp.net/jmustain/xpmain.htm X-1 to X-45 Jay Miller's mighty tome X-1 to X-45. Midland County Publications have the third edition hard back copy on sale for an incredible £15. This book weighs in at 440pp, there can't be too many better value books available currently. http://www.ianallanpublishing.com/x-planes...-edition-1.html Marty... Edited October 3, 2010 by marty_hopkirk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 And good old Wikipedia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marty_hopkirk Posted October 3, 2010 Author Share Posted October 3, 2010 (edited) And good old Wikipedia Yes, don't under estimate Wikipedia. One way or another there is quite a bit out there. Marty... Edited October 3, 2010 by marty_hopkirk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 I did add this in the old chat thread, but I think it's a great general interest aviation site that has a good selection of X-Plane photos collated from around the web: 456 FIS website Just keep scrolling, you will find what you are looking for! Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marty_hopkirk Posted October 4, 2010 Author Share Posted October 4, 2010 (edited) Let's not forget the UK used design and test as well. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Brit...mental_aircraft Olimp and Aningrad among others cover some of these. Continental Europe had some interesting projects as well. http://www.aviastar.org/air/germany/dorn_do-31.php Planet Models make a kit of Do 31, which is cross between a Flash Gordon and GA machine. Marty... Edited October 4, 2010 by marty_hopkirk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 This is a rather interesting page of various experimental designs, some flew, some never made it further than the artist's impression. Strange Mecha Can't help with the kits however, but there may some esoteric subjects floating around in someone's stash...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IoanRam Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Some fine pictures from N.A.S.A 's achives http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/gallery/photo/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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