
Lockheed XFV-1 model. Project engineer Mark Kelly (not shown). Remote controlled model flown in the settling chamber of the 40x80 wind tunnel. Electric motors in the model, controlled the counter-rotating propellers to test vertical takeoff. Test no. 71
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A-17167
Date Created
May 16, 1952
Center
ARC
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Photographer
NACA
Location
NACA Ames Research Center
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