Vought "Advanced Interceptor" studies (SAMI, ADLI, HSV)

Triton · 18 June 2012

LTV Advanced Interceptor concept artwork lithograph painted by RG Flores circa 1968 found on eBay.

URL:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ADVANCED-INTERCEPTOR-LTV-AEROSPACE-CORP-LITHOGRAPH-RG-FLORES-69-/251084982945?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a75d4caa1

Pioneer · 19 June 2012

Outstanding work!
Outstanding find!

Thanks Bill and Mark

Regards
Pioneer

flateric · 19 June 2012

Bill, thank you very much.

overscan (PaulMM) · 19 June 2012

Do not bid on this item please, a forum member is bidding already.

overscan (PaulMM) · 19 June 2012

Do not bid on this item please, a forum member is bidding already. An identical item is available from the seller if anyone else wants a copy.

Mark Nankivil · 25 June 2012

Greetings All -

A recent EPay buy was this print of the Advanced Interceptor concept dated 1969. We have this elsewhere in the thread but worth posting nonetheless. Also obtained was this print of the LTV Universal Hypersonic Test Vehicle concept from 1968.

Enjoy the Day! Mark

Bill S · 22 July 2012

AI-500 Series
"This configuration series emerged as the Phase I Cycle Screening and preliminary configuration sizing studies were being completed. It was indicated that use of twin powerplants and/or twin air induction systems might reduce system weight and simplify integration of extremely large powerplants with the airframe." [/size]From Advanced Airbreathing Interceptor Concept Studies Volume 1 - Summary Vought Aeronautics Division 1969

AI-500
"A large delta wing carried underslung nacelles and folding tips for aerodynamic center control and high speed directional stability improvement. All-moving canard surfaces are mounted outboard of the nacelles to minimize interference with the inlets. Relative location of the wing, body, and nacelle components of this configuration offer unusual potential for wave drag minimization through desirable interference between components. A number of configuration variants were thus developed to explore achievable aerodynamic benefits of this general arrangement." [/size]From Advanced Airbreathing Interceptor Concept Studies Volume 1 - Summary Vought Aeronautics Division 1969
Source Vought Archives

bill

Bill S · 22 July 2012

Alternate mission profile diagram

Vought Archive

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Bill S · 22 July 2012

AI-503 General Arrangement
Basic Propulsion info of possible interest.
Vought Archives

bill

Mark Nankivil · 26 July 2012

These ought to satisfy Scott's need for measurements. Did not find measurements for AI-0400 but the drawing on the base point configurations chart implies a larger vehicle than the other configurations.

I also have a copy of a Marquardt preliminary engine performance report for the SERJ-176E-4A supercharged ejector ramjet engine for Mach 0-4.5. I'll get that scanned and posted too.

Enjoy the Day! Mark

Mark Nankivil · 26 July 2012

...and a few more from a different report...

Enjoy the Day! Mark

Mark Nankivil · 27 July 2012

Greetings All -

I made a point of looking for powerplant related material on this trip and found a few items along those lines. I'll post a Marquardt report shortly.

The following Pratt & Whitney images were in a report but nothing else separate and distinct about the P&W engine options. The AI-0507B15725 drawing was presented with these engine drawings.

Enjoy the Day! Mark

Mark Nankivil · 27 July 2012

The attached GE drawing was the only reference I found to any of their designs/products.

The Air Induction System, engine and installation drawings were in the Marquardt document and I am including it here to highlight it outside of reading/perusing the whole report.

Enjoy the Day! Mark

shockonlip · 30 July 2012

Thanks very much Mark!
This is great stuff!

flateric · 31 July 2012

thanks God we have you guys digging da archives

dannydale · 31 July 2012

You're doing God's work, breaux! B)

overscan (PaulMM) · 1 August 2012

Marquardt's Mach 4.5 Supercharged Ejector Ramjet (SERJ) High-Performance Aircraft Engine Project: Unfulfilled Aspirations Ca.1970

http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20000091010_2000125932.pdf

blackkite · 3 August 2012

Wow Supercharged Ejector Ramjet !

http://www.up-ship.com/apr/extras/serjx15.htm

overscan (PaulMM) · 3 August 2012

Mark kindly provided this scan of the Marquardt Report (13MB)

http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/Marquardt%20SERJ-176E-4A%20Preliminary%20Performance%20Report.pdf

blackkite · 3 August 2012

Thanks for sharing us such a interesting report. SAMI,etc were planned to have special engine!

blackkite · 10 August 2012

robunos said:
some type of supercharged ejector ramjet??

cheers,
Robin.

Robin! You are really one of the outstanding,too.

Mark Nankivil · 7 September 2012

Greetings All -

A few more drawings from the Vought Archives for your perusal...

Enjoy the Day! Mark

PlanesPictures · 7 September 2012

Excellent, thank you very much

Kryptid · 7 September 2012

Dang! Those are some real honkers of engines on that last one!

KJ_Lesnick · 18 August 2014

You know had they used LCH4 they could have made the SERJ idea work even better... use the LCH4 vaporizing to spin the engine; then burn it with the air

XP67_Moonbat · 27 August 2014

Sounds like a good idea.

c460 · 22 January 2015

This is a model of a LTV Mach 3 project with turbo-ramjet, exhibited at Le Bourget 1971, from Aviation Magazine 565.
I've searched for an appropriate thread to post this but I didn't find one.
Adrien

overscan (PaulMM) · 22 January 2015

Added to existing topic.

hesham · 5 April 2015

Hi,

the mystery Vought 3 mach fighter.

Flygvapennytt 4-1971

PlanesPictures · 5 April 2015

AI-0105K

PlanesPictures · 5 April 2015

Sorry, I forgot. 3D modelling is in progress

XP67_Moonbat · 5 April 2015

Looks like Vought's SAMI concept.

PlanesPictures · 6 April 2015

On picture in this topic wing has clear edge as fighter but it seems AI-0105K had two bombbays in wings every for three bombs (system as A-5A Vigilante). Was it bomber?

hesham · 6 April 2015

Thank you PlanesPictures.

overscan (PaulMM) · 6 April 2015

merged.

Bill S · 6 April 2015

PlanesPictures,

In all the material I looked through and the mission profiles that Mark and I have posted to this topic, nothing mentioned or pointed to it having a secondary or another mission as a bomber. Most everything is about the ZAP mission profiles and the AI-603/604 did have some radar and weapons employment information. I don't recall seeing anything off hand for the AI-100/105, but has been awhile since I looked at my notes. What you highlighted in the drawing might be a fanciful concept of an AAM or something we have yet to find....................................

bill

Bill S · 6 April 2015

PaulMM (Overscan) said:
merged.

Paul,

Thanks for merging the topics all in one place. It helps to keep up with the discussion and have all the posted reference in one place.

bill

bill

Bill S · 6 April 2015

In going back and looking there was this image of a briefing slide that does show an Air to Ground mission for the AI-505 the specific letter is blacked out when the slide was declassified. It shows a 4,000 lb ordnance load and a radius of 1055 NM. VAHF archives.

bill

Bill S · 6 April 2015

Another aspect of the program that dd not get much attention in the earlier posts is the pitch for a Universal Hypersonic Test Vehicle UHTV and the Advanced Unmanned Interceptor variants of that concept.

Attached is a concept art slide of the UHTV, drawings of AUI-1, AUI-2 and some Time To Intercept information for even more advanced versions of the concept that I do not have drawings of AUI-3, AUI-3P/J or AUI-4P.

bill

PlanesPictures · 7 April 2015

Probably not bomb but air-to-ground missile due to back of object and place for rocket engine. As source I have only this picture(s) from this topic. AI-103 and AI-103A have air-to-air missile but AI-105A2 and AI_105K (they differ only in engine exhaust) have probably air-to-ground missile

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