Permalink: http://www.boeingimages.com/archive/X-48C-Blended-Wing-Body-at-Langley-Wind-Tunnel-2F3XC5KKAA7.htmlCopyright © Boeing. All Rights Reserved.View Photo/Video onlyConceptually similarX-48C Blended Wing Body at LangleyX-48C Blended Wing Body at LangleyBoeing X-48C in NASA Langley Wind TunnelBoeing X-48C in Wind TunnelX-48B Blended Wing Body ConceptX-48C Blended Wing Body at LangleyX-48C Blended Wing Body at LangleyX-48B Blended Wing Body Ship No. 1 in Wind TunnelX-48B Model in Wind TunnelView AllView more with similar tones X-48C Blended Wing Body at Langley Wind TunnelSelect usageWhat Type of Order?Usage:A modified version of the Boeing X-48B blended wing body demonstrator, given its own X-plane designation by the U.S. Air Force as the X-48C, completed a 300-hour wind-tunnel test program at the NASA Langley Research Center in Virginia in September 2009. With a 21-foot wingspan, the 500-pound X-48 airplanes are 8.5 percent scale models of a heavy-lift, subsonic airplane with a 240-foot wingspan that the Boeing Phantom Works organization believes could be developed in the next 15 to 20 years for military cargo applications. In large part because of the way the engines are integrated into the vehicle - on top of instead of underneath of the wings - the BWB (Blended Wing Body) concept offers the potential to be quieter.BI231543 (mcf09-0060-061)Maximum size:3840px × 2769px (~30 MB)12.8in × 9.2in (300dpi)License type:Rights ManagedKeywords:2000s-airplanes-blue-Boeing livery-brown-copy space-flying wings-full body views-grid patterns-ground shots-head on views-high-tech / advanced-interiors-jets-monoplanes-NASA Langley Research Center-one of a kind aircraft-photos-research/experimental-science and technology-shadows-structural systems-swept wings-symmetry-testing-viewed from below-white-wind tunnels-X-48 Blended Wing Body-X-48C Blended Wing BodyRelated Photo/Videos:View All