Generally it is said the X-32 failed to convince people of its approach to vstol.
What if say, the Navy, Marine, and Air Force decided separately to choose their own variant rather than the “one decision for all” approach that was use.
would the X-35 would’ve still won over the X-32 in all three branches?
By: djcross - 27th September 2019 at 17:02
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That is the Lockheed/Boeing/General Dynamics publicity cartoon for their concept during the ATF competition in 1987 or ’88. The canard configuration was intentionally chosen as deception for YF-22’s true configuration.
By: datafuser - 27th September 2019 at 16:34
When was that image drawn and by which company?
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By: paralay - 27th September 2019 at 15:42
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By: datafuser - 27th September 2019 at 06:29
Thats the Falcon 21 AKA F-16U like i mentioned it, the Falcon 21 ++ was an altogether diferent beast, it was described in the documents of a Congress earing in 1991; both the Falcon 21 ++ and the F-15XX (an Eagle with a new wing, new radar, F-119 engines, and some frontal RCS management https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightP…20-%202652.PDF) were alternatives to the ATF program.
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I captured that image from a 1991 Senate hearing back in 2013.
Yesterday I enlarged it and looked at it again, and the aircraft in it looks like a Falcon 21 with twin tails.
Its wing is a clipped delta like the Falcon 21 and it looks like the aircraft has both inboard and outboard trailing-edge flaps, at least to my eyes.
So, the blurry image here might be the Falcon 21++ indeed, IMHO.
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