Grumman X-29 model airplane

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Grumman X-29A model airplane

Designed to explore hitherto theoretical aerodynamic virtues of forward swept wings which promised improved agility, spin-proof flying characteristics, good low-speed handling, and reduced stalling speeds, the Grumman Model 712, designated X-29A by the USAF, was a single-seat jet aircraft fitted with a wing mounted at the rear of the fuselage, swept forward at 35 degrees, and having shoulder-mounted canards just behind the cockpit. Powered by a single GE F404 turbofan, the aircraft used major components of other aircraft to keep costs down, including a F-5A forward fuselage and nose landing gear, and F-16 main landing gear and control surface actuators. Two prototypes were ordered in 1981 under a $80 million contract. The first aircraft flew on December 14, 1984. The second prototype X-29A flew for the first time on May 23, 1989. Between them, the two aircraft completed 374 flights (more than any other X-craft) and demonstrated angles of attack up to 67 degrees (the target was 80 degrees). They also flew at Mach numbers up to 1.52 and reached altitudes up to 40,000 feet. Both aircraft are now stored at the Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility of NASA at Edwards AFB in California.

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Dimensions: Wingspan 8 1/2" -Length 16" -Scale, 1/40

Grumman X-29 - Air Corps Price $126.95

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