Авиация и Время 2004-01 / А.Чечин, Н.Околелов - Железная муха - Ryan X-13 Vertijet

СВВП Ryan X-13 Vertijet был создан на базе проекта самолета XF3R-1 для ВМС США. Vertijet оказался удачной машиной и одно время рассматривался в качестве базы для создания истребителя ВВП XF-109 для ВВС США.

Авиация и Время 2004-01 / А.Чечин, Н.Околелов - Железная муха - Ryan X-13 Vertijet

Самолет X-13 в сборочном цехе

Авиация и Время 2004-01 / А.Чечин, Н.Околелов - Железная муха - Ryan X-13 Vertijet

Летчик-испытатель Питер Жирард возле первого опытного образца X-13

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-05 / B.Gunston - Vertijet

X-13 поднимается в воздух
For horizontal flight the X-13 was fitted with a fixed under-carriage. The first flight lasted seven minutes. The nose boom contains devices for measuring sideslip at low speeds.

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-05 / B.Gunston - Vertijet

The prototype X-13 demonstrates the spot landing technique on four-point gear during early tests.

Air Pictorial 1958-02 / ??? - The Evolutiion of the Ryan Vertijet

The undercarriage was replaced with a "tail-sitting" rig, and the first free hovering flight took place on 28th May 1956.

Авиация и Время 2004-01 / А.Чечин, Н.Околелов - Железная муха - Ryan X-13 Vertijet

Первый вертикальный взлет

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-05 / B.Gunston - Vertijet

The first X-13, 54-1619, minus rudder and with pilot’s access ladder attached.

Авиация и Время 2004-01 / А.Чечин, Н.Околелов - Железная муха - Ryan X-13 Vertijet

Подготовка к полетам двух опытных образцов самолета X-13 на авиабазе Эдвардс

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-05 / B.Gunston - Vertijet

54-1620 being towed to its launch point on a purpose-built trailer.

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-05 / B.Gunston - Vertijet

54-1620 on its mobile trailer being raised to the vertical position for takeoff.

Авиация и Время 2004-01 / А.Чечин, Н.Околелов - Железная муха - Ryan X-13 Vertijet

X-13 на взлетно-посадочной платформе

Авиация и Время 2004-01 / А.Чечин, Н.Околелов - Железная муха - Ryan X-13 Vertijet

Второй опытный X-13 подвешен к платформе

OS 1 / H.Cowin - X-Planes

Taken over by the US Air Force from an original US Navy programme, Ryan's X-13 Vertijet 'tail sitter' weighed 7,313lb and had a 10.000lb s.t. Rolls-Royce Avon RA-28-49 engine. Given this excess of power-to-weight there was no doubting that the X-13 could rise vertically off the ground, or, for that matter, sink back to earth or sea in a controlled manner: the problem was how to achieve these terminal flight stage feats while operating off small shipboard platforms, which is what the X-13 had been all about until the winter of 1953-1954, when the cash-strapped Navy was forced to withdraw further funding. The method developed by Ryan was ingenious and involved a transporter-cum-launch/landing platform. In the former role, the X-13 was transported horizontally, prior to being hydraulically jacked, along with its platform, into the vertical, from where it climbed away. For retrieval, the X-13's pilot needed to vertically lower the machine close enough to the platform to be able to engage a 'sky-hook' system, initiated by a glorified fishing line, that drew the aircraft into the platform's securing grapples. First flown conventionally on 10 December 1955, the first vertical lift-off followed on 28 May 1956. Two X-13s were built and both survived numerous full transitional flights to retire to museums.

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Ryan X-13 стал одной из многих неудачных попыток создания самолета-перехватчика с вертикальным взлетом. 28 ноября 1956г. X-13 выполнил первый переход от вертикального полета к горизонтальному.

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-05 / B.Gunston - Vertijet

The Vertijet spanned 21ft, was 24ft long and had a take-off weight of around 8,500lb.

Air Pictorial 1957-06 / The journal of a roving spotter

Latest American aircraft to fly in the "X" research category, the Ryan X-13 Vertijet is powered by a specially-modified Rolls-Royce Avon and is the first aeroplane in the world to take off in a vertical attitude on pure jet power.

Авиация и Время 2004-01 / А.Чечин, Н.Околелов - Железная муха - Ryan X-13 Vertijet

Демонстрация X-13 перед Пентагоном

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-05 / B.Gunston - Vertijet

X-13 с колесным шасси подходит к платформе
Final phase of the test programme was the transition from vertical to horizontal flight and back. In this photograph the X-13 fitted with conventional undercarriage approaches the ground service trailer

Авиация и Время 2004-01 / А.Чечин, Н.Околелов - Железная муха - Ryan X-13 Vertijet

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-05 / B.Gunston - Vertijet

54-1620 moves away from the trailer guided by the marshaller visible at the top of the trailer.

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-05 / B.Gunston - Vertijet

СВВП Ryan X-13 Vertijet, садящийся на специальную платформу, был одним из первых экспериментальных аппаратов с вертикальным взлетом и посадкой. После вертикального старта с платформы Vertijet переходил в режим нормального полета "по-самолетному".
The photograph shows the second Ryan X-13 Vertijet, 54-1620, during its initial vertical climb.

Авиация и Время 2004-01 / А.Чечин, Н.Околелов - Железная муха - Ryan X-13 Vertijet

Момент зацепления крюка за трос

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-05 / B.Gunston - Vertijet

A close-up of the cable hook-on device.

Авиация и Время 2004-01 / А.Чечин, Н.Околелов - Железная муха - Ryan X-13 Vertijet

Газовые рули на законцовках крыла и киля

Авиация и Время 2004-01 / А.Чечин, Н.Околелов - Железная муха - Ryan X-13 Vertijet

Основная опора шасси

Air Pictorial 1958-02 / ??? - The Evolutiion of the Ryan Vertijet

Стенд для испытания системы управления
This simple steel tubular structure, which is still in use as a test rig for developing control systems, provided support for the first of the jet reaction control systems installed on the test vehicle predecessor to the X-13.

Air Pictorial 1958-02 / ??? - The Evolutiion of the Ryan Vertijet

The test rig was fitted with a delta wing, refined jet reaction system and a cockpit, which enabled test pilot Pete Girard to sit upright atop engine's forward end. The cockpit was made from a scrap B-47 fuel tank.

Авиация и Время 2004-01 / А.Чечин, Н.Околелов - Железная муха - Ryan X-13 Vertijet

Оборудование кабины X-13

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-05 / B.Gunston - Vertijet