Engineering:List of tailless aircraft

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A tailless aircraft is one which has no separate horizontal stabilizer or control surface, either behind or in front of the main wing.

List of aircraft

|- | Aériane Swift || US || Glider || || 1989 || || n/a || Foot-launched. |- | Aerospatiale-BAC Concorde || France & UK || Jet || Transport || 1969 || Production || 20 || SST. |- | AeroVironment Wasp III || US || Propeller || UAV || 2007 || || n/a || Date of service entry with USAF |- | Akaflieg München Mü5 Wastl || Germany || Glider || Experimental || 1929 || Prototype || 1 || |- | Akaflieg Braunschweig SB-13 Arcus || Germany || Glider || Experimental || 1988 || Prototype || 1 || |- | Antonov E-153 || USSR || Jet || Fighter || 1947 || Prototype || 1 || |- | Arup S-1 || US || Propeller || Experimental || 1932 || Prototype || 1 || Rounded "heel wing". |- | Arup S-2 || US || Propeller || Experimental || 1933 || Prototype || 1 || Rounded "heel wing". |- | Arup S-3 || US || Propeller || Experimental || 1934 || Prototype || 1 || Rounded "heel wing". |- | Arup S-4 || US || Propeller || Experimental || 1935 || Prototype || 1 || Rounded "heel wing". |- | Avro 707 || UK || Jet || Experimental || 1949 || Prototype || 5 || Research for Avro Vulcan thick delta wing, 1/3 scale of Vulcan. |- | Avro CF-105 Arrow || Canada || Jet || Fighter || 1958 || Prototype || 5 || Supersonic. |- | Avro Vulcan || UK || Jet || Bomber || 1952 || Production || 136 || Subsonic. |- | BAC 221 || UK || Jet || Experimental || 1964 || Prototype || 2 || Ogee wing. Modified version of the Fairey Delta 2. |- |BAE Systems Corax|| UK || Jet || UAV || 2004 || Prototype || n/a || |- | Baynes Bat || UK || Propeller || Transport || 1943 || Prototype || 1 || |- | Boulton Paul P.111 || UK || Jet || Experimental || 1950 || Prototype || 1 || Delta wing. |- | Chizhevski BOK-5 || USSR || Propeller || Private || 1937 || Prototype || 1 || |- | Briffaud GB-6 || France || Propeller || Private || 1955 || Prototype || 1 || |- | Brochocki BKB-1 || Canada || Glider || Private || 1959 || Prototype || 1 || |- | Charpentier C1 || France || Propeller || Private || 1934 || Prototype || 1 || Trimotor.[1] |- | Convair XF-92A || US || Jet || Fighter || 1948 || Prototype || 1 || |- | Convair F2Y Sea Dart || US || Jet || Fighter || 1953 || Prototype || 5 || Supersonic flying boat. |- | Convair F-102 Delta Dagger || US || Jet || Fighter || 1953 || Production || 1,000 || Supersonic. |- | Convair F-106 Delta Dart || US || Jet || Fighter || 1956 || Production || 342 || Supersonic. |- | Convair B-58 Hustler || US || Jet || Bomber || 1956 || Production || 116 || Supersonic. |- | Dassault MD 550 Mystère-Delta || France || Jet || Fighter || 1955 || Prototype || n/a || In modified form renamed the Mirage I. |- | Dassault Mirage III || France || Jet || Fighter || 1956 || Production || 1,422 || Supersonic jet. Many derivatives. |- | de Havilland DH.108 Swallow || UK || Jet || Experimental || 1946 || Prototype || 3 || |- | Douglas F4D Skyray || US || Jet || Fighter || 1951 || Operational || 422 || |- | Dunne D.1 || UK || Glider || Experimental || 1907 || Prototype || 1 || Biplane. Failed to fly with pusher power module. |- | Dunne D.3 || UK || Glider || Experimental || 1908 || Prototype || 1 || Biplane. |- | Dunne D.4 || UK || Propeller || Experimental || 1908 || Prototype || 1 || Pusher biplane. |- | Dunne D.5 || UK || Propeller || Experimental || 1910 || Prototype || 1 || Pusher biplane. |- | Dunne D.6 || UK || Propeller || Experimental || 1910 || Prototype || 1 || Pusher. Failed. |- | Dunne D.7 || UK || Propeller || Experimental || 1911 || Prototype || 1 || Pusher. |- | Dunne D.8 || UK || Propeller || Experimental || 1911 || Operational || 2 || Pusher biplane. |- | EFW N-20 || Switzerland || Jet || Experimental || 1948 || Prototype || 3 || N-20.01 gilder, .02 Arbalète and .03 Aiguillon. |- | Fairey Delta 2 || UK || Jet || Experimental || 1954 || Prototype || 2 || First aircraft to exceed 1,000 miles per hour. Later modified as the BAC 221. |- | Fauvel AV.36 || France || Glider || Private || 1951 || Homebuild || 100+ || and others by Charles Fauvel.[2] |- | FMA I.Ae 38 || Argentina || Propeller || Transport || 1960 || Prototype || 1 || Designed by Reimar Horten. |- | General Aircraft GAL.56 || UK || Glider || Experimental || 1944 || Prototype || 4 || |- | General Dynamics F-16XL || US || Jet || Experimental || 1982 || Prototype || 2 || Cranked delta wing. |- | Gotha Go 147 || Germany || Propeller || Patrol || 1936 || Prototype || 1 || |- | Granger Archaeopteryx || UK || Propeller || Private || 1930 || Prototype || 1 || |- | Haig Minibat || US || Motor glider || Private || 1979 || Homebuild || 10+ || |- | HAL Tejas || India || Jet || Fighter || 2001 || Production || 33 || |- | Handley Page HP.75 Manx || UK || Propeller || Experimental || 1943 || Prototype || 1 || Pusher. |- | Handley Page HP.115 || UK || Jet || Experimental || 1961 || Prototype || 1 || Sharply swept delta wing. |- | Hispano HA P-300 (HA-23P) || Spain || Glider || Experimental || 1959/60 || Prototype || 1 || Developed into the Egyptian Helwan HA-300 tailed jet. |- | Hoffman Flying Wing || US || Propeller || Experimental || 1934 || Prototype || 1 || Arup-type "heel wing". |- |Horten Aircraft HX-2 || Germany || Propeller || Experimental || 2018 || Prototype || n/a || |- | I.Ae. 34 Clen Antú || Argentina || Glider || || 1949 || || 6 || Designed by Reimar Horten and manufactured by the FMA. |- | I.Ae. 41 Urubú || Argentina || Glider || || 1953 || || 5 || Designed by Reimar Horten in Argentina. |- | Interstate XBDR || US || Jet || UAV || 1944 || Project || 0 || TV-guided cruise missile. |- | Kalinin K-12 || USSR || Propeller || Experimental || 1936 || Prototype || 1 || [3] |- | Kasper Bekas || US || Glider || Experimental || 1968 || Prototype || 3 || |- | Kimura/Kayaba HK-1 || Japan || Glider || Experimental || 1939 || Prototype || 1 || |- | Kayaba Ku-2 || Japan || Glider || Experimental || 1940 || Prototype || 1 || |- | Kayaba Ku-3 || Japan || Glider || Experimental || 1941 || Prototype || 1 || |- | Kayaba Ku-4 || Japan || Propeller || Experimental || 1941 || Project || 0 || Cancelled before it flew. |- | Kollman Raptor || US || || || 1994 || || n/a || [4][5] |- | Lippisch delta || Germany || Propeller || Experimental || 1931-45 || Prototype || n/a || Several types. |- | Lockheed A-12 || US || Jet || Reconnaissance || 1962 || Production || n/a || Mach 3 capability. Long forward-fuselage chines. Several derivatives, especially the SR-71 Blackbird. |- | Lockheed Martin X-44 MANTA || US || Jet || Experimental || 2000 || Project || 0 || Multi-Axis No-Tail Aircraft. |- | Marske Monarch || US || Glider || Experimental || 1974 || Homebuild || n/a || |- | Marske Pioneer || US || Glider || Experimental || 1968 || Homebuild || 17 || One example built of the Pioneer 1, at least 16 of the Pioneer II. |- | Marske XM-1 || US || Glider || Experimental || 1957 || Prototype || 1 || |- | Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet || Germany || Rocket || Fighter || 1941 || Production || ~370 || |- | Mitchell U-2 Superwing || US || Glider || Experimental || 1980 || Homebuild || n/a || |- | John K. Moody/Larry Mauro Easy Riser || US || Propeller || Experimental || 1975 || || n/a || [6][7] |- | |Nike PUL 9 || Germany || Propeller || Experimental || 1990 || Prototype || 1 || |- | Northrop X-4 Bantam || US || Jet || Fighter || 1948 || Prototype || 2 || |- |Northrop Grumman RQ-180||US|| Jet || UAV || 2015 || Prototype || n/a || Stealth surveillance aircraft. |- | University of Pretoria Exulans || South Africa || Glider || Experimental || 1989 || Prototype || 2 || Exulans I and II. "Gull" variable-sweep wing.[8][9] |- | Saab 35 Draken || Sweden || Jet || Fighter || 1955 || Production || 651 || Supersonic jet. Double-delta planform. |- | Short SB.1 || UK || Glider || Experimental || 1951 || Prototype || 1 || Aero-isoclinic wing. |- | Short SB.4 Sherpa || UK || Jet || Experimental || 1953 || Prototype || 1 || Aero-isoclinic wing. |- | Soldenhof So.A || Switzerland || Propeller || Private || 1930 || Prototype || 1 || Pusher.[10] |- | Sypaq Corvo Precision Payload Delivery System || Australia|| Propeller || UAV || 2019 || Operational || n/a || Electric powered stealth waxed cardboard 2m (6.6 ft) wingspan surveillance aircraft.[11] |- | Tupolev Tu-144 || USSR || Jet || Transport || 1968 || Operational || 16 || SST. |- | Vought F7U Cutlass || US || Jet || Multirole Fighter || 1948 || Operational || 320 || |- | Westland-Hill Pterodactyl || UK || Propeller || Experimental || 1920s-1930s || Prototype || 3 || Series of types, 3 actually built. |- | Weltensegler || Germany || Glider || Private || 1921 || Prototype || 1 || |}

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Charpentier C-1". www.aviafrance.com. 2003-08-21. http://www.aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=3288&ID_CONSTRUCTEUR=320&ANNEE=0&ID_MISSION=0&MOTCLEF=. Retrieved 2011-01-29. 
  2. ↑ Gliders of Charles Fauvel
  3. ↑ Russian Aviation Museum
  4. ↑ Raptor, Kollman Composites. (Retrieved 2 November 2021)
  5. ↑ [1] Hang glider RAPTOR], Delta Club 82. (Retrieved 2 November 2021)
  6. ↑ Easy Riser by Larry Mauro
  7. ↑ Original easy riser by John Moody
  8. ↑ [https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/28011/01chapters1-3.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y Chapter 1. Introduction. (Retrieved 2 November 2021)
  9. ↑ Hang glider EXULANS, Delta Club 82. (Retrieved 2 November 2021).
  10. ↑ "The Soldenhof Tailless 'Plane; A Swiss Light 'Plane Two-Seater". Flight. 26 December 1930. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1930/untitled0%20-%201556.html?search=soldenhof. Retrieved 29 October 2017. 
  11. ↑ "Corvo PPDS - CORVO". SYPAQ. https://corvouas.com.au/corvo-ppds/. 



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