This invention discloses a wide-speed-range aircraft with a forward-mounted
payload bay, belonging to the field of supersonic aircraft
design technology. It addresses the problems of supersonic transport aircraft employing high
aspect ratio fuselage designs, which limit internal height and volume, resulting in lower overall loading performance due to the slender
fuselage, and the ineffective utilization of localized high-pressure flow during supersonic
cruise. The invention comprises a
fuselage, left wing, right wing, horizontal stabilizer, and
vertical stabilizer. The fuselage includes a
payload bay, a blending transition section, a mid-fuselage section, and a
tail section. The
payload bay is connected to the front of the mid-fuselage section via the blending transition section, and the rear of the mid-fuselage section is connected to the
tail section. During supersonic
cruise, the lower surface of the payload bay acts as a compressive surface, effectively compressing the incoming flow and generating a localized high-pressure zone below the payload bay's outer envelope. This effectively improves the overall lift-to-drag characteristics of the aircraft and alleviates the
nose-down moment problem caused by the forward-mounted payload bay.