Talk:Waverider

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I moved this to this page...

[Note: The XB-70 holds the record to this day for the highest lift-to-drag ratio on any manned aircraft. How does the original author find this 'debatable'?]

And my reply...

You asked how it is that I claimed the amount of compression-lift from the XB-70 was "debatable". Well that's easy: it got very little from it. The lift-to-drag of the XB-70 is primarily a result of the very high fineness ratio that is possible on a very large aircraft, super-low-drag engine inlets, and high performance supersonic airfoils. To put this in perspective however, the Concorde is within a percent or two of the XB-70, and the Boeing 2707 would have outperformed it. The XB-70 holds the record simply because so few supersonic cruisers have been built, in a field of two, one will win.

Maury 15:16, 2 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Illustrations?[edit]

Can someone post some illustrations of different waverider vehicle concepts? I'll try to find some on my own, if nobody does. --Henrickson 19:00, 21 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Are the scramjet images accurate? [1], [2], [3] (?). --69.214.15.136 17:23, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Those are not waverider shapes. I will try drawing simple schematics on waverider inverse design. It should be relatively easy to visualize caret (from 2D oblique shock) and cone-derived (from conical shock) designs. Butakun 23:17, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Use in Science-Fiction[edit]

One of the best examples of waveriders in science-fiction is the entire line of combat aircraft derived from the Z_Gundam mecha in the various Gundam anime and model series.

Though it's not called this, the Piranha spacecraft in Fallen_Angels_(science_fiction_novel) is likely a Waverider design. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.162.78.202 (talk) 04:13, 16 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Redundant[edit]

This page needs to be combined with Boeing_X-51

klausner —Preceding undated comment added 19:03, 14 August 2009 (UTC).[reply]

Mainstream news source[edit]

Here is a source for the recent (first) test flight from the Los Angeles Times, with the meta-data ready to insert in the article as a source between reftags: Hypersonic aircraft shatters aviation records, Los Angeles Times, 2010-05-27, accessed 2010-05-27.

I don't have time to do it right now; perhaps someone else would like to cull the article for useful facts for the encyclopedic article. Cheers. N2e (talk) 03:17, 28 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]