Ball-Bartoe Jetwing

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JW-1 Jetwing
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RoleResearch aircraft
Manufacturer Ball-Bartoe
Designer Otto Bartoe
First flight11 July 1977
Number built1
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Augmentor detail Jetwing augmentor front.jpg
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Augmentor detail

The Ball-Bartoe JW-1 Jetwing was a US research aircraft flown in the 1970s to investigate blown wing technology.

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Design and development

The Jetwing was a small, mid-wing design powered by a turbofan and fitted with tail-wheel undercarriage. The upper surface of the swept wings incorporated a slot along 70% span, through which air from the engine's fan stage could be discharged. Mounted above this slot was a small secondary airfoil called an "augmentor", intended to direct the discharged airflow over the wing. With this arrangement, it was found that the aircraft remained controllable at airspeeds as low as 34.76 kn (64.38 km/h; 40.00 mph).

Following the test program, the aircraft was donated to the University of Tennessee Space Institute in Tullahoma, which donated the Jetwing to the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum in Denver, Colorado in 2007.

Specifications (Jetwing)

Data from [1]

General characteristics

Performance

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References

  1. Levy 1978, p. 369.
  2. 1 2 Taylor 1978, p. 255.