Feb 212010
Fifteenth in the series of reconstructed drawings from Paul Suhler’s book “From RAINBOW to GUSTO.” This is the A-5 design as drawn by Dan Zuck. This is Figure 67. This particular drawing has a Source Grade of four: 
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Up next: Figure 68, A-6-5 configuration
2 Responses to ““From RAINBOW to GUSTO:” A-5 configuration”
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This one looks even more like something Alexander Lippisch would come up with.
One problem with the turbojet/ramjet combo becomes obvious here; although the turbojets let it get up to ramjet ignition speed and let it fly home at the end of the mission, their intakes are going to generate a lot of drag in supersonic cruising flight if they aren’t running.
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