The "Stratolaunch":
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Sunday, June 26, 2022
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That is one MASSIVE aircraft! And I can't help but wonder what its crosswind limits are...
ReplyDeleteIt looks to me like it could use a solid horizontal stabilizer, like a P-38 or F-82. Maybe the gap is for whatever parasite craft they are carrying.
ReplyDeleteIs the second cockpit just an empty shell or are there people in there with something to do?
ReplyDeletew3ski
The left – hand cockpit is unpressurized and contains data recorders.
ReplyDeleteAccording to:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3184219/World-s-biggest-plane-launch-2016-Designers-reveal-megaplane-send-astronauts-orbit-using-mini-shuttle.html
The Stratolaunch Carrier Aircraft will have huge wingspan of 385ft (117 metres) when its complete.
It will be powered by six 747-class engines during its first flight in 2016 and will weigh 1,200,000 lb.
Dreamchaser could be launched from the plane to send astronauts to orbit, and back to a runway.
Will initially deliver satellites into orbit 112 miles to 1,243 miles (180 km and 2000 km) above Earth.