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Sure sounds like a Ram Air Turbine to me!

In other news:

Thanks to Kiltonge for finding this, which gives us a possible trap weight for the F/A-XX of 60,000lbs and 20-25knots wind over deck (in tropical conditions).

I'm still going to assume ~55k trap weight for F/A-XX, because I'm assuming it'll have a higher stall speed than 100 knots, which means a higher landing speed.

A 55k trap weight with ~12,000lbs of weapons (4x LRASM plus 2x AMRAAM-weight AAMs) means an aircraft empty weight of about 40,000lbs to have 3,000lbs of fuel onboard (more than the F-111B's planned 2400lbs of fuel edit: at recovery).

And a 40,000lb empty weight suggests an MTOW of 80,000lbs. 80-55=25. 28,000lbs of fuel total, which is 5000lbs more fuel than the F-111B.

What's the cruise fuel burn for an F110 engine?

<blockquote data-quote="Scott Kenny" data-source="post: 779633" data-attributes="member: 43359">Sure sounds like a Ram Air Turbine to me!In other news:Thanks to Kiltonge for finding this, which gives us a possible trap weight for the F/A-XX of 60,000lbs and 20-25knots wind over deck (in tropical conditions).I'm still going to assume ~55k trap weight for F/A-XX, because I'm assuming it'll have a higher stall speed than 100 knots, which means a higher landing speed.A 55k trap weight with ~12,000lbs of weapons (4x LRASM plus 2x AMRAAM-weight AAMs) means an aircraft empty weight of about 40,000lbs to have 3,000lbs of fuel onboard (more than the F-111B's planned 2400lbs of fuel edit: at recovery).And a 40,000lb empty weight suggests an MTOW of 80,000lbs. 80-55=25. 28,000lbs of fuel total, which is 5000lbs more fuel than the F-111B.What's the cruise fuel burn for an F110 engine?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Scott Kenny, post: 779633, member: 43359"] Sure sounds like a Ram Air Turbine to me! In other news: Thanks to Kiltonge for finding this, [B][I]which gives us a possible trap weight for the F/A-XX of 60,000lbs and 20-25knots wind over deck (in tropical conditions).[/I][/B] I'm still going to assume ~55k trap weight for F/A-XX, because I'm assuming it'll have a higher stall speed than 100 knots, which means a higher landing speed. A 55k trap weight with ~12,000lbs of weapons (4x LRASM plus 2x AMRAAM-weight AAMs) means an aircraft empty weight of about 40,000lbs to have 3,000lbs of fuel onboard (more than the F-111B's planned 2400lbs of fuel [I]edit: at recovery[/I]). And a 40,000lb empty weight suggests an MTOW of 80,000lbs. 80-55=25. 28,000lbs of fuel total, [I]which is 5000lbs more fuel than the F-111B[/I]. What's the cruise fuel burn for an F110 engine? [/QUOTE]

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