X-2 Starbuster Foreign Military During the 23 weeks

During the 23 weeks

Designed as a replacement for the T-6 trainer

The Rockwell Commander 114 was itself a more powerful development of the Commander 112 of 1970

The aircraft had ejectable nose capsules instead of ejection seats because the development of ejection seats had not reached maturity at the time the X-2 was conceived

until the 1970's

X-2 Starbuster Foreign Military During the 23 weeksX 2 Starbuster airplane model. The X 2 Starbuster was a single place airplane with wings swept back to 40 degrees. It was 37 ft, 10 in. long, 11 ft high and had a wingspan of 32. 3 ft. It was constructed of K Monel (a copper and nickel alloy) for the fuselage and stainless steel for the swept wings and control surfaces. The aircraft had ejectable nose capsules instead of ejection seats because the development of ejection seats had not reached maturity