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타이틀	DEVELOPING AND FLIGHT TESTING THE HL-10 LIFTING BODY: A PRECURSOR TO THE SPACE SHUTTLE
저자	Robert W. Kempel, Weneth D. Painter and Milton O. Thompson
Keyword	HL-10; Lifting body; Rocket airplanes; Wingless flight
URL	http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/DTRS/1994/PDF/H-1942.pdf
보고서번호	NASA-RP-1332
발행년도	1994
출처	NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
ABSTRACT	The origins of the lifting-body idea are traced back to the mid-1950s, when the concept of a manned satellite reentering the Earth뭩 atmosphere in the form of a wingless lifting body was first proposed. The advantages of low reentry deceleration loads, range capability, and horizontal landing of a lifting reentry vehicle (as compared with the high deceleration loads and parachute landing of a capsule) are presented. The evolution of the hypersonic HL-10 lifting body is reviewed from the theoretical design and development process to its selection as one of two low-speed flight vehicles for fabrication and piloted flight testing. The design, development, and flight testing of the low-speed, air-launched, rocket-powered HL-10 was part of an unprecedented NASA and contractor effort. NASA Langley Research Center conceived and developed the vehicle shape and conducted numerous theoretical, experimental, and wind-tunnel studies. NASA Flight Research Center (now NASA Dryden Flight Research Center) was responsible for final low-speed (Mach numbers less than 2.0) aerodynamic analysis, piloted simulation, control law development, and flight tests. The prime contractor, Northrop Corp., was responsible for hardware design, fabrication, and integration. Interesting and unusual events in the flight testing are presented with a review of significant problems encountered in the first flight and how they were solved. Impressions by the pilots who flew the HL-10 are included. The HL-10 completed a successful 37-flight program, achieved the highest Mach number and altitude of this class vehicle, and contributed to the technology base used to develop the space shuttle and future generations of lifting bodies.