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pyro-manic

#75
March 17, 2009, 12:51:04 PM
Thanks. :) I was hoping to see a faceted nose. Oh well...

Still an interesting development. I wonder if they'll do the same to the Superbug at some point...
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gunfighter

#76
March 17, 2009, 12:57:49 PM
That´s nice! If you manage to install F119s with 2-D nozzles you have a poor-man´s Raptor  :lol:

Jschmus

#77
March 17, 2009, 01:02:06 PM
Hasn't someone here already built an F-15 derivative that looks like this?
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jcf

#78
March 17, 2009, 01:08:03 PM
Quote from: pyro-manic on March 17, 2009, 12:51:04 PM
Thanks. :) I was hoping to see a faceted nose. Oh well...

Still an interesting development. I wonder if they'll do the same to the Superbug at some point...

A faceted nose would require major change to the F-15 external mould lines which = big engineering, planning and manufacturing $$.

Jon

Supertom

#79
March 17, 2009, 01:23:38 PM
Waaaaaaaaaaitaminute....

....doesn't converting the CFTs for weapons carriage means less range?!

I guess it's sacrificing RCS for range.
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Sauragnmon

#80
March 17, 2009, 01:26:11 PM
Or just install LOAN/MATV F-110's in the bays and you have a similar result.
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Spey_Phantom

#81
March 17, 2009, 01:36:09 PM Last Edit: March 17, 2009, 01:39:39 PM by Nils
yawza, i expected the F-15SE to be more like the F-15E Strike Eagle.
it looks like the love child of the F-15E, F-22 and F-35A.
i told you the US goverment is spying on this sitte  ;D

put me down for 24 of those, maybe in Leutonian markings.

this is by far the most sexy F-15 ive ever seen  :wub:
and it looks quite easy to convert from an F-15E kit.

or, just to keep it short  ;D
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Supertom

#82
March 17, 2009, 01:52:50 PM
Ever wonder if it was just a 1/48 kit or something one of their employees had in the office that was whiffed, and some exec walked by and said, "hey, we could do that!"

That'd be hilarious!   :lol:
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jcf

#83
March 17, 2009, 01:59:59 PM
Quote from: Supertom on March 17, 2009, 01:23:38 PM
Waaaaaaaaaaitaminute....

....doesn't converting the CFTs for weapons carriage means less range?!

I guess it's sacrificing RCS for range.
Interchangeable with standard CFTs.

jcf

#84
March 17, 2009, 02:02:10 PM

cthulhu77

#85
March 17, 2009, 03:47:17 PM
...and don't forget nasa's f-15b program with the canards !   

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#86
March 17, 2009, 03:58:17 PM
Quote from: joncarrfarrelly on March 17, 2009, 11:19:44 AM

Evidently because of added on 'stealth' features and coatings.  :huh:

Apparently not only do stealth coatings weigh a lot, but are also expensive and hard to maintain (think those nice air-conditioned hangars for B-2s). This is apparently why the F-22 is much more stealthy than the F-35 (because the former relies more on shaping) and there's a big discussion on this at Airliners.net.

So I would doubt that just dipping a Beagle in RAM would be all that attractive to export customers.

But on the other hand, Boeing has been touting a stealther Super Bug with internal carriage for some time, this might double as a tech demonstrator for that program.
It's a crappy self-made pic of a Lockheed Unmanned Combat Armed Rotorcraft (UCAR), BTW
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Logan Hartke

#87
March 17, 2009, 05:12:49 PM
Quote from: Nils on March 17, 2009, 01:36:09 PM
i told you the US goverment is spying on this sitte  ;D

Nope.  Just Boeing.  But we'd already established that. This just confirms it.

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Daryl J.

#88
March 17, 2009, 05:53:10 PM
So that means the F-15 will be part of the skies for another 40 years or so?



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noxioux

#89
March 17, 2009, 06:21:51 PM
It's obviously a stop-gap, but what a nice looking stop-gap she is. . . :wub:
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