Thursday, December 29, 2011

Pre-production pictures of the new Hobby Master Mitsubishi T-2 CCV Testbed.

The Mitsubishi T-2 was chosen by the Technical Research and Development 
Institute(TRDI) of the Japan Defense Agency to test new technology. The 
aircraft selected was the third T-2 manufactured; serial 29-5103 c/n 003. It 
would be the test bed for the CCV (Control Configuration Vehicle) studies. 

Fixed canards were mounted on the intakes just in front of the wings with a 
movable canard under the fuselage. The objective was to study airflow to see 
if such a configuration could improve maneuverability.





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