Lower Empennage Test Fit Install
The X-59 team at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California, load the lower empennage - the tail section - into place. The surfaces used to control the tilt of the airplane are called stabilators and are connected to the lower empennage. The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission, which could help enable commercial supersonic air travel over land.
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Keywords
Clearance CheckLower EmpennageTest fitWith Enginelower empennage , empennage, stabilators , tail , X-59 , Quesst , Quiet Supersonic Technology , Low Boom Flight Demonstrator , X-plane , Low-Boom , X-59 assembly , LBFD , Lockheed Martin , Skunk Works , ARMD , Supersonic , Engine , engine inlet , Aeronautics , GE F414 engine , General Electric , Quest , inlet, LaRC , ARC , AFRC , GRC
Details
NASA ID
LRC-2022-H1_P_X-59-64
Date Created
January 27, 2023
Center
LRC
Media Type
image
Photographer
Garry Tice
Location
Lockheed Martin 1011 Lockheed Way, Palmdale, Ca. 93599
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