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ERAST Demonstrator 2 (D-2) in flight |
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| Photo Number: |
EC97-44102-2 |
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n/a |
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562x480 JPEG Image (138 KBytes)
1199x1024 JPEG Image (532 KBytes)
3000x2562 JPEG Image (3,274 KBytes)
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Photo
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ERAST Demonstrator 2 (D-2) in flight during 1996. |
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Project
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The Demonstrator 2 (D-2) was built by Scaled Composites of Mojave, California, to test remote flight-control capabilities. As a result, it had only limited provisions for a scientific payload. The D-2 was also unusual in that it could be flown by either a pilot in an open cockpit or by remote control. It was powered by a 100-horsepower Rotax 914 piston engine turning a three-bladed propeller. It late 1996, it was flown to test the vehicle's ability to communicate over the horizon using a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite. The D-2 resumed flights in August 1998 to test a triply-redundant flight control system that would allow remotely piloted high-altitude missions. |
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| NASA Photo by: |
NASA photo taken by Scaled Composites |
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| Keywords: |
D-2; ERAST |
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