Grumman FAAV

[JAZZ]

It has been mentioned in a previous thread, however it should have a thread of its own in this section. I have no data on the size (it seems a small aircraft 10m in length) of this aircraft. I have attached a picture which was in flight International...but have no way of knowing which one.

 

[Pyrrhic victory]

Here's the flight international article you were talking about

1993 | 0811 | Flight Archive

DEFENCE USA invites UK into the ASTOVL dub BY SIMON ELLIOTT The US Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) has issued a draft memoran dum of understanding (MoU) to the UK Ministry of Defence

www.flightglobal.com

Here's a contractor report by NASA talking about lift fan aircraft (XV-5, X-14) and mentions the Grumman Model 755 (FAAV). Apparently Grumman built a simulator but the pilot found transitioning from flight to VTOL too cumbersome. Starts on page 11.

http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19940011477_1994011477.pdf

Wind tunnel report with some diagrams and badly scanned wind tunnel models.

http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19960027883_1996060746.pdf

 

[Avimimus]

You'd think that modern control systems / automation could lower the pilot work load and make the transition relatively easy to carry out in a lift fan design (even if the transition itself was within a relatively marginal envelope).

 

[Vahe Demirjian]

Given that FAAV stood for Future Attack Air Vehicle, did Grumman's FAAV design have any provisions for armament?

 

[TomS]

The Boeing counterpart design was certainly armed.

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/bell-boeing-%C2%AB-mighty-mouse-%C2%BB-faav-contender.13619/

 

[yasotay]

The Boeing counterpart design was certainly armed.

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/bell-boeing-%C2%AB-mighty-mouse-%C2%BB-faav-contender.13619/

Not to "nitpick" I am fairly confident it is/was a Bell effort.

 

[TomS]

The Boeing counterpart design was certainly armed.

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/bell-boeing-%C2%AB-mighty-mouse-%C2%BB-faav-contender.13619/

Not to "nitpick" I am fairly confident it is/was a Bell effort.

Fair point. I didn't read all the way through the thread and was deceived by the subject line.

 

[Dew]

Model at Langley

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

Nice pics - where are they from?

 

[Dew]

Nice pics - where are they from?

First was from a random forum but is the same pic as post #2 (but better qual)
The others are from NASA LaRC picture archive I had from a while back but have only just got around to identifying

there is another but I can't remember where I got the file from, but it's a copy of a pic from the same report as the first :

 

[yasotay]

Great stuff, thank you. This has always been one of my favorite "mystery" Army projects for the Army's "Army After Next" era. I doubt it would have found its way into the Army inventory due to roles and mission concerns from USAF Inc., but it might have been a nice addition for the USMC who patiently wait for the Army to spend money on projects, then pick them up after the initial investment.