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Generally,best seen is here for Falcon 21,
Generally,best seen is here for Falcon 21,
I really do wonder to this day what differences the Raptor style wings would have on performance.Initially, the F-16 Block 60 was proposed with an F-22 style delta wing, but they ended up selling an upgraded conventional layout to the UAE instead (F-16E/F).
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Is this thread the one you're thinking of - F/A-16. A CAS aircraft with some get up and go.Sorry guys,my memory is not well this days,
did we talk about A-16 version,Close Air Support & Battlefield Air Interdiction,which competed Fairchild-Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II successor and Vought YA-7F Strikefighter,A-16 was the winner,later cancelled for F-16C/D Block 30 ?.
Is this thread the one you're thinking of - F/A-16. A CAS aircraft with some get up and go.
Did GD ever say how much ammunition was to be carried with the different cannons?Not an unbuilt version but alternate cannon armament might-have-been.
Mauser BK27 or Oerlikon KCA 30mm would have been good for a hypothetical A-16. The DEFA shoots 30x113mm, so I don't think I'd want that.Not an unbuilt version but alternate cannon armament might-have-been.
The 30x113 was design as a jet killer for both the Brits and the French on most of their jets til the 80s.Mauser BK27 or Oerlikon KCA 30mm would have been good for a hypothetical A-16. The DEFA shoots 30x113mm, so I don't think I'd want that.
Painfully low velocity, though.The 30x113 was design as a jet killer for both the Brits and the French on most of their jets til the 80s.
With a honorable mention to the EE Lightning and the Israeli using the heck out of them including getting a few aces.
It actually fairly decent in all.
Not really?Painfully low velocity, though.
I want it... but its hella expensive! This is one unbuilt project that might actually happen.![]()
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And which was produced in Japan as the Mitsubishi F-2.But a larger wing F-16 was indeed studied and proposed to some customers (mainly the European countries who originally bought the first F-16As and were in search of a mid-life update) as the Agile Falcon. The purpose of the larger wing was to regain maneuverability despite the heavier weight of the new F-16s (more avionics, heavier structure to allow more ordnance). Not sure if the maximum altitude was increased, the engine and pilot equipment might be the limiting factors.
Mitsubishi F-2's wing was basically an entirely domestic effort. The original US plans were for something like Agile Falcon, with wing consisting of a metal sub-structure covered with composite panels, but the Japanese had different ideas, and essentially developed an almost entirely domestic aircraft which just happened to be in the shape of an F-16, with an all-composite wing.And which was produced in Japan as the Mitsubishi F-2.
They don't look any bigger until you see an F-2 parked next to an F-16.
You are maybe thinking of this one, F-16 UCAV?Anyone knows there was a High Altitude version of F-16 proporsal with extended wing span?