F-16 Dérivatives

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dy031101 dreaming of a Chinese F-16 at https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=15168.645 made me dream of a F-16 with slanting eyes:

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

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

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Firefox's great model of Forward Swept Wing F-16 at https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=50041.0 made me dream of Variable Geometry Forward Swept Wing, still on a F-16: 

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/F-16drwF_ai.jpg
(the angles are inspired by an inverted Tornado)

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from https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=20326.5775

And I have been inspired by Bispro's creations on DeviantArt (who was Stargazer2005 when he posted here):

The same with F-16s, funny ones:




= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/F-16drwF_an2.jpg
+ http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/F-16drwF_ao2.jpg
+ http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/F-16drwF_ap2.jpg
+ http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/F-16drwF_aq2.jpg

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When I was a child, I built a Heller model (1/50 scale I think) of French prototype Trident II, now I imagine a Trident XVI, or two:


= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/F-16drwF_ar.jpg
+ http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/F-16drwF_as.jpg

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On the contrary, there were versions with 3 tails, here is the hypersonic one:

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

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Is "above hypersonic" called "ultrasonic"? (Mach 9-10): 

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

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The true but funny project Howard Damn Big Airplane (DH-100 DBA, in 1965) inspired a huge version of F-16:

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/F-16drwF_av.jpg
What for? Shht, this is secret!

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Zero-Sen created a great topic at https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=50139.0
about the Gunship F-16, very inspiring, thanks!
With the same "rear cockpit", I imagine a thin nose and slim silhouette, with maybe no "real" gun

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

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Decreasing the distance between canopy and fin can happen in the opposite direction: moving the fin forward:

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

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Zero-Sen created a great topic at https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=50139.0
about the Gunship F-16, very inspiring, thanks!
With the same "rear cockpit", I imagine a thin nose and slim silhouette, with maybe no "real" gun

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

A little Battle Star Galactica look on this one! Nice!

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Yes. I did not know but Google Pictures explained:
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/40828/first-details-battlestar-galactica-starship-battles
Thanks!

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Some surprising demands found answers in surprising F-16 versions, the design bureau always answering "if you have enough dollars, almost everything is possible:":

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

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Putting a F-16 on top of another F-16 upside down may provide a useful version with increased range and load:

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

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A two-seat F-16 was perfect for tall and small pilots:

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

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Lateral air-intake gave birth to other versions, asymmetric or symmetric:

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