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Old 05-06-2021, 08:59 PM
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Default Teledyne Brown Spaceplane

Hello All,

A few days ago I received, from Gary Hudson (the designer of the Phoenix series of SSTO [Single-Stage-To-Orbit] launch vehicle/spaceships, see: http://www.spacefuture.com/ ), two PDFs of papers about Dan DeLong’s Teledyne Brown Engineering Orbital Spaceplane (see: https://selenianboondocks.com/2008/...-launched-ssto/ *and* https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/th...ded.2913/page-4 , in Replies #147 and #152). The PDFs--which contain dimensioned drawings--are attached below, and:

This vehicle design is an “aircraft-assisted winged SSTO vehicle,” launched from the back of a 747 (today, the Stratolaunch aircraft could also be used), with wings stressed to enable a lift-assisted ascent trajectory, which requires less thrust. It was designed with a Shuttle-compatible payload bay, shorter but with the standard Shuttle payload interfaces. It is a viable design today (and with today’s improved materials, systems, and engines, it would be even lighter yet stronger), with a greater payload-to-orbit capability (or a scaled-down version could orbit the originally-specified payload mass). Also:

Its nose is axis-symmetrical, so a regular nose cone (turned balsa [perhaps hollowed out], vacu-formed, or 3D printed [or blow-molded...hint, hint, kit manufacturers...]) could be used in a flying scale model of the Teledyne Brown Engineering Orbital Spaceplane. With such a lightweight nose, it could be built as either a parachute recovery *OR* a boost-glider scale model. (R/C modelers--like a certain well-known [and award-winning] Space Shuttle modeler who posts here--could also launch such a "Shuttle companion/follow-on vehicle" model from the back of an electric ducted fan [EDF]-powered 747 model...)
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File Type: pdf tbespaceplane.pdf (1.20 MB, 53 views)
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