Obsolete weapon programs,aircrafts,helicopters,you would like to be revived

[siegecrossbow]

Northrop Switchblade

Interesting concept .... forward swept wing variable geometry....
The US and the Russians both experimented the forward swept wings with concept demonstrators like the Grumman X-29 and the Su-47 respectively. Forward swept wings do have their advantages in agility at low speeds but they were dropped in favor of thrust vectoring.

In the above aircraft forward swept wings are used for landing, take offs and slow speeds... At high speeds the wind is swept forward to form a delta wing.

The aircraft in the movie Stealth were inspired by this concept.

Won't the back intakes negatively affect the aircraft's performance under high AOA conditions?

 

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Won't the back intakes negatively affect the aircraft's performance under high AOA conditions?

And rear visibility too

 

[Zabaniyah]

In Delta Force ?

Yeah

But the one in Delta Force was a motorcycle.

 

[Luftwaffe]

F-104 Star Fighter as Reconnaissance.

 

[Safriz]

World's first Supersruise capable plane
English Electric Lightening

 

[Safriz]

 

[Phalanx]

F-14D Super Tomcat

- RAM
- Redesigned Body
- Uprated Engines
- HMD, HUD, HOTAS, MFD's, LCD's

 

[Saifullah Sani]

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The plane was to fast be a proper fighter, hence cancelled

 

[Charlie1]

A-7 Corsair and P-51 Mustang

 

[gubbi]

The plane was to fast be a proper fighter, hence cancelled

The aircraft was never meant to be a fighter. It was designed bottom up to be a 'Reconnaissance' aircraft.
Oh, and it was designed to be fast, very fast.

 

[Thorough Pro]

Canadian Avro Arrow

Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow

After the cancellation of this fighter the Canadian Aviation Industry never recovered. Many Canadian engineers emigrated to the US

Man this thing is huge, I have it's pics will post when I find them.

 

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Man this thing is huge, I have it's pics will post when I find them.

This was not the only huge fighter of its time

You might want to check

North American XF-108 Rapier

AND

Tupolev Tu-28 Fiddler

 

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The aircraft was never meant to be a fighter.

No the Lockheed YF-12 was an ill fated interceptor project