AIAA 2005-0814 Snead（张仁2005 - 0814大镰刀刀柄）.pdf

43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit AIAA 2005-0814 10-13 January 2005, Reno, Nevada Configurable Air Transport * James Michael Snead Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433 This paper describes a concept of a large flying fuselage transport aircraft that carries the cargo or missionized payload in several large, detachable modules instead of carrying this cargo or payload internally as in current aircraft designs. The paper addresses the application of this concept to the global military airlift missions of air refueling, materiel transport, and persistent air power projection. The paper concludes with a brief discussion of the extension of this module-based aircraft design to other emerging military and commercial air transport needs. Nomenclature ton = 2,000 lb or 907 kg I. Introduction common characteristic of all production transport aircraft has been the use of the classic wing-fuselage-tail Adesign incorporating a cargo compartment permanently a part of the tubular fuselage. This “constraint” has resulted in aircraft generally dedicated to a particular set of mission capabilities fro