I repeat what I said: To design an aircraft is more than making three-view (or in some cases, just profile) drawings of imaginary airplanes.

Have I ever said it ( aircraft designing ) would be just profile drawings ? Don’t put words into my mouth.

I am sure that an internationally famous and accomplished designer, such as topspeed, will have no problems in designing an aeroplane capable of everything he said, plus a bit more, just overnight. And looking at his post above, I can see that he has done exactly that!! The only small thing is that someone should try to make topspeed understand that “to design” is not the same as “to draw three-view profiles of imaginary aircraft”. But, from my experience from a few, mainly Finnish, aviation forums, the best way to deal with this reality-challenged “designer” is not to comment his posts. Just let him discuss with himself for a while. A rule which I managed to break again…:(

It is not easy to be an aircraft designer in Finland. Instead of applause and cheers you get put down in a jiffy !

Carry on Finny…perhaps finnish economy will rise in this manner ( ….and now back to the factory…see my blog ).

Here is a smaller ground attack aircraft.

I would say you have listed an impossible to design or build aircraft. Average single turboprop aircraft can cost that much. Stealth is not yet cheap, fly by wire controls are not cheap, and would almost certainly needed for a highly manuverable stealth aircraft. Your speed requirements call for high thrust (large engine) which would be very difficult in such a tiny airframe. The cost of the engine alone would be over your price range. Even if you crammed a powerfull engine in such a small airframe it would likely be extreemly short ranged as you would have no room for much fuel.

A stripped aircraft with bare minimum avionics, no radar etc. would be quite limited in todays threat environment. It would likely be limited to daytime, good weather flight, and thus be out in the daylight, so would still be visible to the eye, and thus vulnerable to other aircraft or defences. We have yet to see an aircraft that is totally invisible to detection. It sounds like you desire the perfect small, cheap, fast, steath fighter optimized for the knife fight (close in dogfight), but I am afraid you can’t have all of those things at once.

There are limitations yes…and cost may be 10-15 mio sure.

This is smaller than Folland Gnat and has even a ( very small ) radar in it; http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?123446-Size-of-the-new-5th-gen-fighters-too-big-!/page6

2 x rockets and a “homing turbofan”. :eagerness: It is also flying in my avatar.

Electric powered HP 42 “Hengist” for instance with 4 x 250 kW Siemens electric engines and 300 m2 solar panels ( yielding 1/10th of the needed power ) cruising at 200 kts ( slightly refined aerodynamics ) would be cool.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handley_Page_H.P.42

😉

And lotsa cash of course.

http://www.gizmag.com/siemens-world-record-electric-motor-aircraft/37048/

See this too; http://www.team-merlin.com/#!__imperial-42

Sioux City Flight 232 flight movie; http://putlocker.is/watch-crash-landing-the-rescue-of-flight-232-online-free-putlocker.html

I hope France and Paris will get over this.

Me too.

At least we know now who the enemy is.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/

My condolences.

This is just the start, they’re already here and many more are coming because of this bloody open door Europe has allowed.

How do you fight against people that live to die.

I’m afraid this will be a war of attrition, Europeans from now will always be looking over their shoulder, this will cause a heightening of anti-Islamic tensions throughout Europe, exactly what IS wants.

Wake up call people.

Open door…they are swimming across the mediterranean. Walking and cycling over the borders.