Lockheed X-27 (Redirected from X-27)
X-27 mockup in a Lockheed Corporation hanger The X-27 was a proposed lightweight fighter aircraft derived from the Lockheed Skunk Works CL-1200 Lancer project. Originally designed to replace the F-104 Starfighter, the Lancer shared many common systems with the F-104 for ease of cross-training and maintenance. The X-27 program received almost no U.S. congressional or Air Force support. Due to the lack of monetary support, no flight capable aircraft were constructed. One full-scale mockup was built by Lockheed.
Specifications (X-27, as designed)
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 53 ft 2 in (16.2 m)
- Wingspan: 28 ft 7 in (8.7 m)
- Height: 16 ft 2 in (4.9 m)
- Wing area: ft² ( m²)
- Empty: 17,250 lb (250 kg)
- Loaded: 32,500 lb (,700 kg)
- Maximum takeoff: lb ( kg)
- Powerplant: 1 x Pratt & Whitney TF80-PW-100, lbf (kN) thrust
Performance (projected)
- Maximum speed: 1,450 mph (2,333 km/h)
- Range: 2,100 miles (3,400 km)
- Service ceiling: 60,000 ft (18,300 m)
- Rate of climb: ft/min ( m/min)
- Wing loading: lb/m² ( kg/ft²)
- Thrust-to-weight:
References
American X-Vehicles (http://history.nasa.gov/monograph31.pdf) (.pdf)
Related content
Related development:
F-104 -
CL-1200 Lancer
Comparable aircraft:
Designation sequence:
X-24 -
X-25 -
X-26 -
X-27 -
X-28 -
X-29 -
X-30
See also:
List of experimental aircraft
Portions of this article are based on public domain text from NASA.
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