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ERAST Demonstrator 2 (D-2) Photo Gallery Contact Sheet | ||
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Photo Number: | N/A | |
Photo Date: | 23 May 2000 | |
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Formats: | 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 Description: |
These are the image contact sheets for each image resolution of the NASA Dryden ERAST Demonstrator 2 Photo Gallery. | |
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Project Description: |
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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