F-16 Dérivatives

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I have been inspired also by miscellaneous sources for F-16 profiles: I show a very ugly one then a very pretty one


= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/F-16drwF_do.jpg
+ http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/F-16drwF_dp.jpg

My F-16 what-if site is at http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/f16ofil.htm

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Have you tried combining F-16 with Convair XF2Y-1 Sea Dart?


Keeping the engine and especially the intake out of the water is probably the tricky part.

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Have you tried combining F-16 with Convair XF2Y-1 Sea Dart?
Keeping the engine and especially the intake out of the water is probably the tricky part.

Yes I tried in the past (see below):

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/F-16drwB_bw.jpg
Don't be afraid of water splashes: in a whif world there may be none...

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After the profile inspired by the too serious F2Y, let me be inspired by what-if dreams, contaminating the F-16


= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/F-16drwF_dq.jpg
+ http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/F-16drwF_dr.jpg

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And now a family of twin-jet F-16s:



= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/F-16drwF_ds.jpg
+ http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/F-16drwF_dt.jpg
+ http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/F-16drwF_du.jpg

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And now a family of twin-jet F-16s:

Of course, this big family included single-fin versions:

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/F-16drwF_dv.jpg

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This front view has many possible explanations, twin-boom or not: 

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/F-16drwF_dw.jpg

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The incredible SAAB Lx is a new Unicraft model 1/72 (http://www.unicraft.biz/on/saab-lx/saab-lx.htm ) and it inspired me for such a F-16: 

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/F-16drwF_dx.jpg

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F-16s from another source of inspiration: 

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/F-16drwF_dz.jpg

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Another inspiration from ArtStation: 

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/F-16drwF_ea.jpg

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Something else (pretty according to me) from ArtStation: 

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/F-16drwF_eb.jpg

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Do you know what? In F-111 (Aardvark), F was meaning Fighter: this is the right size for a fighter. So the tiny YF-16 was completely ridiculous and a huge enlargement must have occurred for the mass produced version: 

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/F-16drwF_ec.jpg

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The French did build a bigger Mirage III. They put a second engine in it, though....

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Yes, maybe the F-16AV was twin-engine and the F-16AV-2 had 3 engines, we do not know from the profile only...

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I have been inspired by a McDonnell Douglas project this time: 

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/F-16drwF_ee.jpg