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FDL-5 Hypersonic Research Craft

*Kit Producer: Fantastic Plastic Models LLC

*Kit Scale: 1:72

*Kit Materials: Resin

*Number of Pieces: 41

*Kit Price: $95.00 plus Shipping

*Shipping Amount: $9.00 US Domestic, $18 World Wide

*Shipping Restrictions: None

*Kit Availability Date: Now

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*Kit Description:

In the 1960s, Lockheed and the U.S. Air Force’s Flight Dynamics Laboratory (FDL) explored several design concepts for hypersonic flight.  The three principal vehicles — the FDL-5, the FDL-6 and the FDL-7 — all looked markedly different, although all were based on 70-degree triangles.

The FDL-5 was distinguished by its variable-geometry wings, which could be extended for controlled landings.  One proposal called for the craft to be carried aloft in the belly of a C-5 Galaxy transport and then released at high altitude, at which point three conjoined solid-rocket boosters would boost it into orbit.

• Scale: 1:72
• Material: Resin
• Number of pieces: 41
• Length: 18″
• Launcher Included
• Astronaut figures included
• Choice of conventional rocket or aerospike engine
• Full cockpit
• CAD design by Chris Corke
• Pattern by BLAP!  Models
• Casting by BLAP! Models
• Decals by JBOT for both the NASA and Air Force variations