#Split-X Turbojet engine

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Entering Arch Canyon

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace 01:01:27

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The first X-plane designed to investigate something other than supersonic flight was the X-4. Rather than go for speed and altitude records as previous X-planes would, the X-4 was intended to test a tailless configuration in high subsonic flight. Northrop handled construction, building a compact design vaguely reminiscent of the Me 163. Powered by two J30 turbojets, it was given a vertical tail, but it lacked any horizontal surfaces. The first X-4 would fly in November 1948, but a host of mechanical issues forced NACA to retire the aircraft early. Fortunately, the second prototype proved reliable enough to allow testing to commence. Pitch testing found that the X-4 experienced pitch oscillations as it approached Mach 0.88, and problems with inertia coupling and Mach tuck began to arise past that. A hastily engineered solution - propping the split flaps open 5 degrees - solved the instability issues, allowing pilots to push the X-4 up to Mach 0.92. Unfortunately, while the problems were mitigated, the configuration remained unsuitable for supersonic flight. The X-4 would be a success in that it met test program goals, but ultimately it would prove tailless designs to be unsuitable for supersonic flight.

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Hot Pursuit

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace 01:01:25

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Sebulba's Flame Emitter

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace - Deleted Scene: Extended Podrace Lap Two 03:43

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Sebulba Flips Switches

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace - Deleted Scene: Extended Podrace Lap Two 03:42

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Sebulba's Plug-F Mammoth

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace - Deleted Scene: Extended Podrace Lap Two 00:20

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Sebulba Races Through Arch Canyon

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace - Deleted Scene: Extended Podrace Lap Two 00:18

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The KV9T9-B Bursts Into Flams

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace - Deleted Scene: Extended Podrace Lap Two 00:12

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Flame Emitter

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace - Deleted Scene: Extended Podrace Lap Two 00:11

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Sebulba's Secret Weapon

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace - Deleted Scene: Extended Podrace Lap Two 00:10

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Sebulba and Clegg Holdfast Jostle Over the Desert Plain

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace - Deleted Scene: Extended Podrace Lap Two 00:05

This sequence of scenes would have appeared somewhere between 01:02:25 and 01:05:38, though various parts of it did make it into the final film.