Boeing JAST / JSF / X-32 /PWSC F-32 projects

Thanks for all the great pics! No matter what angle you look at it, the "F-32" sure would have been an ugly SOAB!!
 
She was pretty to those of us that were close to her ... and the PWSC was better!
 

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In the revised form she didn't look too bad if you could get beyond the giant chin intake. Though I suppose old A-7 pilots would have no problem with that.
 
Colonial-Marine said:
In the revised form she didn't look too bad if you could get beyond the giant chin intake. Though I suppose old A-7 pilots would have no problem with that.
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ABSOUTLEY! (I took this photo at Andrews AFB back in 2001)
 

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When I saw the STOVL PWSC mockup at Farnborough, I honestly thought for a moment that they had sawed off the wingtips to fit the shelter.
 
What are the open doors next to the nose gear for? Did they use those instead of a translating cowl for more flow at low speed on the redesigns? Is it where the RAT was located?
 
doors are for pitch nozzles
 
flateric said:
doors are for pitch nozzles
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Interesting. They were probably using bleed air from the fan, maybe even hoping to use them to create a curtain of air to help prevent hot gas re-ingestion?
 
Sundog said:
What are the open doors next to the nose gear for? Did they use those instead of a translating cowl for more flow at low speed on the redesigns? Is it where the RAT was located?
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Here's a visual for you of how the STOVL propuslion system looked on the X-32B and what it would have looked like if there had been an F-32B.
 

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Greetings All -

A recent donation to the Museum had this Boeing JSF/X-32 card in it.

Enjoy the Day! Mark
 

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You know, those photos of the F-32 don't look so bad regardless of that chin-intake. The original X-32 design was about the ugliest thing I've seen though.
 

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fightingirish said:
Wow, never seen before... :eek: B) :)
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It's elsewhere on this forum, and not something thought of very highly if I remember correctly...
A not-very-realistic design probably published by a so-called "science" magazine.
 
it was pure artist's what-if from MRF article published Polish Lotnictwo magazine #23-23/1992
 

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I don't recall having ever seen that before. Wasn't a JAST design.
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fightingirish said:
Wow, never seen before... :eek: B) :)
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It's elsewhere on this forum, and not something thought of very highly if I remember correctly...
A not-very-realistic design probably published by a so-called "science" magazine.
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Sorry if this has already been posted and I just can't find it, but does anyone have any artwork or photos of models or mockups of the Pelikan tail iteration of the Boeing JSF? Cheers, Matthew
 
I must be one of the few people that actually quite likes the look of the X-32. Ugly? For sure! But there's something quite individual about it in my opinion. Here's a few walk-around pics taken a couple of years ago at Patuxent River. They don't do justice to how chunky it was up close, or the fact that it's suffered a bit out in the humidity. Still, a cool little museum and well worth a visit!
 

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Vulcan652 said:
I must be one of the few people that actually quite likes the look of the X-32.
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One of the few, no doubt. But you're not alone.
 
I still love it. And PWSC too. Not so plain boring outside as X-35 was.
 
i love this plane too better looking and interesting then the F-35
now only to find correct one in 1/72 ;D
 
flateric said:
it was pure artist's what-if from MRF article published Polish Lotnictwo magazine #23-23/1992
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Revell or Airfix Draken fuselage between wings from an off scale B-58, F-18 horizontals, and that odd little tail-end part from a Testors Stealth Fighter kit - though, I can't remember if it's the U.S. one or the Soviet one. Not a 'What-if' as much as a 'well, this one looks cool, lets go with it' illustration.
 
Vulcan652 said:
I must be one of the few people that actually quite likes the look of the X-32. Ugly? For sure! But there's something quite individual about it in my opinion. Here's a few walk-around pics taken a couple of years ago at Patuxent River. They don't do justice to how chunky it was up close, or the fact that it's suffered a bit out in the humidity. Still, a cool little museum and well worth a visit!
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I like the x-32 as well. The lifting body shape, along with the thick yet highly swept wing. Was cool looking to me. The x-35 became the lightning II, the x-32 if produced should have been the Sabre II. To me the production version looked like the F-86 Sabre.


There is a youtube video walkaround at patuxent of both the x-32 and x-35.
http://youtu.be/OLPiCTfRA-o


http://youtu.be/1BZGgvhqs5g
 
kcran567 said:
The x-35 became the lightning II, the x-32 if produced should have been the Sabre II.
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Is this a personal opinion, or actual info? And if so, do you have any source to circumstanciate it?
 
I always thought it looked much more like a stealthy A-7. One of these days I'll have to build a model of that PWSC design. Does anyone know why the chin intake is swept back on the PWSC when it was raked forward on the X-32?
 
Stargazer2006 said:
kcran567 said:
The x-35 became the lightning II, the x-32 if produced should have been the Sabre II.
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Is this a personal opinion, or actual info? And if so, do you have any source to circumstanciate it?
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Pure speculation. I knew a lot of the names which were contenders for the F-35. One of them was the Musketeer. As in the Three Musketeers since we have 3 versions.
 
Here's something, In 1998 Boeing worked on the next evolution of their design, the 988-372.4. This looks like they took the -372 delta and added a four poster tail while not changing the trailing edge sweep and an aft slanting intake like the -373.
Has anybody seen a 3-view of the -372.4 or know where I could find one?
Thanks
 
InvisibleDefender said:
I knew a lot of the names which were contenders for the F-35. One of them was the Musketeer. As in the Three Musketeers since we have 3 versions.
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This I can confirm, as I did find once a PowerPoint presentation once that had the name "Musketeer" associated to the F-35.
 
Stargazer2006 said:
This I can confirm, as I did find once a PowerPoint presentation once that had the name "Musketeer" associated to the F-35.
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http://www.aereo.jor.br/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Joint-strike-fighter-Presentation.pdf
 

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