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ERAST Demonstrator 2 (D-2) Photo Gallery Contact Sheet |
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N/A |
| Photo Date: |
23 May 2000 |
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Low Resolution Image Contact Sheet (5 KBytes)
Medium Resolution Image Contact Sheet (5 KBytes)
High Resolution Image Contact Sheet (5 KBytes)
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Photo
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These are the image contact sheets for each image resolution of the NASA Dryden ERAST Demonstrator 2 Photo Gallery. |
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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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| Keywords: |
ERAST; D-2 |
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