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Topic:	1:5 scale Bell X-2 flying rocket plane (BALLS 23)

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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by yeknom-ecaps: [B]The X-2 flies again — a 1:5 scale scale Bell X-2 at 8 feet 4 inches long weighing 46.2 pounds flew at BALLS-23. <center><img src="http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/xx232/yeknom-ecaps/BALLS-X2-1_zpsd2b9ccf3.jpg" width="400" border="0"> <img src="http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/xx232/yeknom-ecaps/BALLS-X2-2_zpsb9094871.jpg" width="400" border="0"></center> BALLS is the premier experimental rocket launch in the continental US. This year marked the 23nd year it was held in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada. BALLS brings dedicated rocketry enthusiasts devoted to the leading edge of non-professional rocketry activities together for the best demonstration of experimental motor design using today's best technologies, and probably the largest non-professional rockets seen anywhere. Here are photos by Neil McGilvray and a video of the flight of the latest X-2 rocket plane. <center><iframe width="400" height="225" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/CeyF5iugDO0?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>[/B][/QUOTE]
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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width="600"><TR><td bgcolor="#000000"><TABLE BORDER=0 cellpadding=4 border=0 cellspacing=1 WIDTH="100%"><TR bgcolor="#660000"><TD COLSPAN=2><CENTER><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#ffffff" FACE="arial, helvetica">T O P I C     R E V I E W</font></CENTER></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="arial, helvetica">yeknom-ecaps</FONT></TD><TD><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="arial, helvetica">The X-2 flies again — a 1:5 scale scale Bell X-2 at 8 feet 4 inches long weighing 46.2 pounds flew at BALLS-23.<P><center><img src="http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/xx232/yeknom-ecaps/BALLS-X2-1_zpsd2b9ccf3.jpg" width="400" border="0"><P><img src="http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/xx232/yeknom-ecaps/BALLS-X2-2_zpsb9094871.jpg" width="400" border="0"></center><P>BALLS is the premier experimental rocket launch in the continental US. This year marked the 23nd year it was held in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada. <P>BALLS brings dedicated rocketry enthusiasts devoted to the leading edge of non-professional rocketry activities together for the best demonstration of experimental motor design using today's best technologies, and probably the largest non-professional rockets seen anywhere.<P>Here are photos by Neil McGilvray and a video of the flight of the latest X-2 rocket plane. <P><center><iframe width="400" height="225" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/CeyF5iugDO0?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>

GACspaceguy

This is one of the most amazing flights of a model I have ever seen!

micropooz

Too cool! The X-2 flies again, 58 years later!!!

garymilgrom

Any reason the model is painted white? Were any real X-15's this color? I've only seen black ones. Thanks.

yeknom-ecaps

Gary - This a model of the Bell X-2 not the NAA X-15. Here is a photo of Pete Everest with the white color X-2.

Here is a photo of the white X-15. Caption: X-15 No. 2, with a white ablative coating and twin external fuel tanks, drops away from NASA's B-52 carrier aircraft. The aircraft, in this configuration, set the world's speed record of 4,520 mph for winged aircraft. (NASA Photo EC68-1889)

micropooz

The X-2's (there were two of them) were painted just like the model. They flew from 1954 to 1956.

The X-15's (there were three of them) were black, and a totally different configuration than the X-2's. They flew from 1959 to 1968. It is interesting to note that for two missions of the X-15-A2, it was covered in a white colored foam insulation.

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