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Do we have this 1963 NASA test on the Hawks?

PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 2018 9:17 pm
by Bill Cummings

Re: Do we have this 1963 NASA test on the Hawks?

PostPosted: Sun Dec 16, 2018 11:05 pm
by Bob Kuczewski
I've never seen it before.

I really enjoyed seeing how the downwind deployment converted a "pure drag" device (pulling backward on the capsule) into a lifting wing (pulling upward on the capsule).

I think you should post this in the main forum. Thanks!!