What-ifing a Danish Draken

[ChernayaAkula]

Twin tails! Twin tails!

<...> B777LR's topic ( http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,20123.0.html ) turning South-African canard a Saab Draken, <...>

Fantastic build! The canards, longer nose and IFR probe look really good on a Draken!

[John Howling Mouse]

Twin tails! Twin tails!

He might be right about the twin tails, Tophe.  Should look good on a Draken.  Do you remember my very old "Straken" concept (even rhymes with Draken!):

[Tophe]

Lots of very interesting suggestions, while... uh, I am a too bad modeller to create such things. I would need years of training cessions with Rafael, our scratchbuilding Master...

[Benjo]

why not canards!
Or a dorsal spine like a Mig-21/F-16D/I/F/AFTI

[B777LR]

Twin tails! Twin tails!

<...> B777LR's topic ( http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,20123.0.html ) turning South-African canard a Saab Draken, <...>

Fantastic build! The canards, longer nose and IFR probe look really good on a Draken!

Thanks

[Weaver]

On the subject of twin tails and deltas, I've always though the logical setup would be vertical tails at mid-span (at the inner/outer break on the Draken/F-16XL), which extend significantly below the wing and have a very swept trailing edge and rudder hinge-line. Why? Because at high AoAs, directional stability is a big issue: the lower part of the fins would be in clean airflow, and as the nose came up, more of the rudder would drop out of the "shadow" of the wing.

[cthulhu77]

How about winglets?

[ChernayaAkula]

On the subject of twin tails and deltas, I've always though the logical setup would be vertical tails at mid-span (at the inner/outer break on the Draken/F-16XL), <...>

That's just what I intend to do with my twin-tail Draken!

[sotoolslinger]

Dammit now I have to buy another Draken

[TsrJoe]

i recall seeing a twin engined draken online on another forum...looked pretty sweet too

cheers, Joe

[Tophe]

i recall seeing a twin engined draken online on another forum...looked pretty sweet too
cheers, Joe

I've made one (somehow) with Corel Photopaint, on my site
http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/fake_aircraft.htm

[Tophe]

I have received the paint and started cutting. This will be finished in July probably.

[Tophe]

Cut and painted, completion scheduled next week:

[sideshowbob9]

Great idea! Looking forward to seeing it in the "flesh" 

[Tophe]

Done!