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Lower Empennage Test Fit Install
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Lower Empennage Test Fit Install

NASA / LRC · 2023-01-27 · photograph (digital archive)

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The X-59 team at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California, load the lower empennage - the tail section - into place. The surfaces used to control the tilt of the airplane are called stabilators and are connected to the lower empennage. The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission, which could help enable commercial supersonic air travel over land.

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Clearance CheckLower EmpennageTest fitWith Engine
Credit lineLower Empennage Test Fit Install. NASA/LRC, 2023-01-27. Public domain. ID: LRC-2022-H1_P_X-59-63.
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