The X-36 was a 28-percent sub-scale prototype of a theoretical advanced fighter aircraft designed to fly without the traditional tail surfaces common on most aircraft.
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The X-36 was a 28-percent sub-scale prototype of a theoretical advanced fighter aircraft designed to fly without the traditional tail surfaces common on most aircraft. Two X-36 aircraft were built by McDonnell Douglas, Phantom Works division in a cooperative agreement with NASA’s Ames Research Center. Thirty-one successful research flights were flown at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center during 1997 from this remote cockpit.NASA Photo / Jim Ross› X-36 Project Description