X-plane Whiffery

[Archangel]

The X-10 Navaho would be a great one to do as an unmanned UCAV type of aircraft if there was some way to build on with out buying there sin kit.  suppose an F-18 kit could be used if the amount of work needed didn't butcher the kit.

Or you could start with an F-5 for an X-10ish vehicle.
Chop off the canopy and vertical tail, move the wings all the way aft, turn the horizontal tails into twin vertical tails and add some triangular canards.

Jon

I just might try that. Plenty of F-5 kits out there that won't bust the budget.

[BadersBusCompany]

Would give something like this ?   

Douglas F-3A

or even this, or is this just too much like an F-104?

[BadersBusCompany]

Following on from GTX and Mavericks profiles, and a tweak by yours truly.........

[jcf]

A couple of X-3 diagrams that may be of assistance.


X-3 internal arrangement, final design configuration.


X-3 to F-104A overlay.

Jon

[TsrJoe]

... just dug out an old Revell X.3... mwah hahahaha... time for some more doodling methinks... ill admit i kinda fancy that VG. strike design tho, altho im finding trouble making it look ok on paper!!?

[GTX]

Some nice ideas.  Here's another an X-30 Trans-atmospheric bomber - the perfect whiff, or is it...

Regards,

Greg

[Archangel]

I would think that adding some AIM-4 Falcons to the X-3 when the Genies are not needed would be an added plus as well as early Sparrows.

[elmayerle]

Au fait, a X-29 / X-31 hybrid would be awesome. FSW and thrust vectoring in the same aircraft... what a machine!

Like the Grumman X-29B proposal that was detailed in an AIAA paper in the 1980s, it added a GE ADEN (Augmented Deflected Exhaust Nozzle) nozzle to the X-29.  As I remember, ADEN was a 2-D vectoring and variable-area nozzle.

Not as good an approach as adding an AVEN (Axisymmetirc Vectoring Exhaust Nozzle) one, but still a good approach.