The Insane Engineering of the X-15

Sign up to Nebula here: Watch this video on Nebula: Links to everything I do: Get your Real Engineering shirts at: Thank you to Charlie Garcia for his invaluable advice and expertise during the scripting process of this video: 3D Model provided by Clément Moreau: Credits: Writer/Narrator: Brian McManus Editor: Dylan Hennessy Animator: Mike Ridolfi () Sound: Graham Haerther () Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster Fact Checker: Charlie Garcia The research for this video took about 4 weeks with the help of the reports, books, research papers, and nasa communications below. Charlie Garcia also kindly lent his expertise in rocket propulsion as a fact checker and advisor for the project. We normally show numbers on screen, but numbers got mixed up during the convoluted writing process and it’s now 12 pm the night before upload and I just can’t bring myself to link them all appropriately, but rest assured that all information in the video comes from one of the fantastic resources linked below. References [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] #:~:text=The petroleum used as rocket,liquid oxygen as the oxidizer. [7] [8] Page 247 [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] :/67531/metadc63762/m2/1/high_res_d/ [14] [15] Page 23 [16] Page 440 [17] Page 16 [18] page 74 [19] [20] [21] Haynes 117 [22] Page 440 [23] Page 444 [24] #:~:text=Asked Questions (FAQ's)-,This Month in NASA History: The X-15 Program,Set a Record for Speed&text=The X-15A-2 in,and additional external fuel tanks.&text=On October 3, 1967, U.S.,aircraft landed charred and broken. Thank you to AP Archive for access to their archival footage. Music by Epidemic Sound: Thank you to my patreon supporters: Adam Flohr, Henning Basma, Hank Green, William Leu, Tristan Edwards, Ian Dundore, John & Becki Johnston. Nevin Spoljaric, Jason Clark, Thomas Barth, Johnny MacDonald, Stephen Foland, Alfred Holzheu, Abdulrahman Abdulaziz Binghaith, Brent Higgins, Dexter Appleberry, Alex Pavek, Marko Hirsch, Mikkel Johansen, Hibiyi Mori. Viktor Józsa, Ron Hochsprung