| Hyper III | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Role | Lifting-body remotely piloted vehicle |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| Designer | Dale Reed |
| First flight | 12 December 1969 |
| Primary user | NASA |
| Number built | 1 |
The NASA Hyper III was an American unpowered full-scale lifting body remotely piloted vehicle designed and built at the NASA Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California. [1]
The Hyper III was designed to help in the M2 lifting body program, it had a flat bottom and sides, and a simple straight wing with no control surfaces [1] that was designed to simulate a pop-out wing that had been proposed for a re-entry vehicle. The Hyper III had twin fins and rudders canted at 40° from the vertical, and hinged elevons on the horizontal surface. [1] The landing gear was a fixed tricycle type, using spring steel legs from a Cessna aircraft. [1] It was fitted with an emergency parachute system and controlled by 5-channel radio link; instrument data was downlinked using a 12-channel radio. [1]
On 12 December 1969 the Hyper III was launched from a helicopter at 10,000 feet. It glided 5 km, turned round, came back and landed. After the three-minute flight it was not flown again as the Center cancelled the program. [1]
Data fromJane's All the World's Aircraft 1973-74 [1]
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