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Rocaf F-20 Tigershark

Started by Overkiller, June 16, 2007, 11:30:39 AM

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Shasper

Looks fitting in those colors!

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Rafael

Yea, me likey too :thumbsup:

That camo scheme is an example of simplicity and elegance

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All 'round winner....right down to the intelligent display base.
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Thorvic

Great model but nearly gave the rest of us heart failure when it yook flight on Thursday night  :o .

It does look just the job in real life and the display board was classic, simple and very effective. Well done Duncan B)  
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kitnut617

Very nice!  I've always wondered why this aircraft never went into production, so much more capable than the F-5

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Shasper

Jimmy Carter & the F-16 mafia, nuff said ;-)

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NARSES2

QuoteGreat model but nearly gave the rest of us heart failure when it yook flight on Thursday night  :o .

Got to agree with Geoff there  :o

It was amazing how much the display board added to the whole thing - stunned it only took a "couple of minutes" to knock up  :blink: Opened my eys to the possibilities

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elmayerle

QuoteVery nice!  I've always wondered why this aircraft never went into production, so much more capable than the F-5.
Northrop management was too "cost-conscious" to change the wing on the prototypes and they thus had to sustain turn rates that greatly increased the chances of the pilot experiencing g-loc, with subsequent loss of the aircraft.  The wing loading was absurdly high and they really needed to have gone with a bigger wing to begin with instead of leaving that as a later development (I got this from someone who'd been an aerodynamic loads engineer on that program).  Having said that, have you noticed how the Korean A-50 LIFT incorporates nearly all the same systems as the F-20, but in a brand new airframe?
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ysi_maniac

F-20 is a beauty and this ^^^^ mod can be a good idea
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