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Originally Posted by Flieger
The Q was too high, it might be stable but only with the fuselage/lifting body surface in a deep stall. It just plain broke from overstressing it. Also, I believe stability changes with Mach, the SR-71 had to move fuel around to compensate for Mach tuck, but maybe that is just an over/under sonic thing and it stays stable as you get to higher Mach numbers.
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Cool pic. (was typing when you posted)
The latest says they were trans-sonic ~Mach 1. Earlier I was reading 1.4.