NASA Quiet Short-Haul Research Aircraft (QSRA) Carrier Trials

The Quiet Short-Haul Research Aircraft (QSRA) is a flight research facility for investigating STOL operations. The aircraft is a highly modified De Havilland C-8A Buffalo consisting of a new swept, supercritical wing and 4 YF-102 geared, high-bypass-ratio turbofan engines mounted in an "over-the-wing" installation. Upper surface blowing is used to generate high-lift coefficients to provide low approach speeds and steep approach path angles.

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• Quiet
• Short-Haul
• Research
• Aircraft
• NASA
• short
• take-off
• landing
• USS
• Kitty
• Hawk
• carrier
• trials
• De
• Havilland
• C-8A
• Buffalo

[denmalski]

it looks like they put jet engines on a DHC-5 Buffalo

[pwnage0013]

STOL is so cool.

[24HALL]

@gruzitect it's a Caribou outfitted with 4 jets instead of 2 radial engines

[gruzitect]

The front kinda looks like the a10 warthog I wonder if it influenced the design? Im probably just being a post-nightshift retard however.... time to go to bed :/

[MrCasspir]

Yeah, with 4 engines, u can launch or receive even a concrete brick.

[discofishing]

@denmalski Yeah it does.

[fiverats1]

@whitefangex it's actually a part of north Carolina... Yeah I agree but kitty hawks would look so cool!

[JBofBrisbane]

Also used by the Russians for the Antonov An-72 and 74.

[whitefangex]

its so manly us...kitty hawk lmfao

[knifeedge63]

@denmalski The did :)