Mirage F1 projects

[blackkite]

Hi!

Report 043: Mirage F1 news - Aircraft Lovers Group

An air superiority fighter from several decades ago.

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[blackkite]

F1 M53.

Snecma M53: afterburning turbofan engine * All PYRENEES · France, Spain, Andorra

SNECMA M53 The SNECMA M53 is an afterburning turbofan engine developed for the Dassault Mirage 2000 fighter by Snecma. The engine is in service with different air forces, including the latest Mirage 2000-5 and 2000-9 multirole fighters. The engine was derived from the Atar series by adding a...

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[BLACK_MAMBA]

Hi!

Report 043: Mirage F1 news - Aircraft Lovers Group

An air superiority fighter from several decades ago.

www.moddb.com

That F1AZ has an RD-93 in it, not an SMR-95. The SMR used only the inner hot engine nozzle flaps and had a specially designed tailcone incorporating the cold flaps to replace the Atar one. The depicted aircraft is 233 which also never received the new engine.

 

[datafuser]

According to the August 1968 issue of Air Review, a Japanese magazine, the Mirage F1 proposed to Japan in 1968 was supposed to be powered by a J79/J1Q engine.

 

[Archibald]

Make some sense. First (obviously) because of F-104J having it. And the competing Phantom that carried the day.

But there is more. According to Liébert & Buyck landmark book, J79-powered Mirage F1s were being considering the same year, 1968. For the French Navy (from memory) because the Aéronavale had very stringent loiter and climb requirements for an interceptor to replace the Crusaders.
Basic navalized F1 with Atar 9K50 would be hopeless, so they were considering M53-2 (not ready until 1973 at the earliest) - so Spey and J79s were also contenders.
TF306E, as flown at the time on the Mirage F2 and its close sibling the Mirage G, would not fit into a F1.

 

[Pioneer]

I always thought that the proper "F1-M53" design would have been carrier-capable, to replace both the Crusaders and Super Etendards.

Sort of a French "single-engine Hornet".

At minimum, give it an extended nosewheel oleo strut, so as to give it a greater angle of attack on take-off......


Regards
Pioneer

 

[Archibald]

The Etendard IV and S.E used that trick. Naval F1-M53 could certainly do it too.