Future Combat Air System (FCAS) - France/Germany

[Bon Plan]

That look a little too small for a pilot if it's to scale. Maybe Macron can fit though.

Scale model means 1:1.

I think it will be the sole tempest ever : a 1/1 scale.

 

[BMD]

I think it will be the sole tempest ever : a 1/1 scale.

Your Franco-German stealth fighter might end up like the Mirage IIIV.

 

[Bon Plan]

Your Franco-German stealth fighter might end up like the Mirage IIIV.

LOL.
The British don't need a partner to cancel a program....

 

[BMD]

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LOL.
The British don't need a partner to cancel a program....

Neither did you. The TSR2 was actually a great aircraft. Theoretical top speed of Mach 3.0, whereas the Mirage III V was a poor attempt at building a Harrier competitor and a waste of 9 engines.

 

[Bon Plan]

Neither did you. The TSR2 was actually a great aircraft. Theoretical top speed of Mach 3.0, whereas the Mirage III V was a poor attempt at building a Harrier competitor and a waste of 9 engines.

There are always a lot of theory in the british projects....
And no, it was not Mach 3 : "Tactical Strike Reconnaissance, Mach 2" = TSR-2 a speed never reached in air test.

Another failure alone? Nimrod upgrade.

 

[BMD]

There are always a lot of theory in the british projects....
And no, it was not Mach 3 : "Tactical Strike Reconnaissance, Mach 2" = TSR-2 a speed never reached in air test.

Another failure alone? Nimrod upgrade.

BAC TSR-2 - Wikipedia

Its theoretical maximum speed was Mach 3 in level flight at 45,000 ft (14,000 m).[61]

Nimrod MRA4 was the engineering equivalent of trying to raise the dead, except after a Raccoon has ate parts of the corpse.

 

[BMD]

And £5 bet it does have fins when it hits operation.

Looks like it will have fins, like I said it would.@Picdelamirand-oil @randomradio @vstol Jockey

 

[randomradio]

Looks like it will have fins, like I said it would.@Picdelamirand-oil @randomradio @vstol Jockey

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You can expect the TD to carry fins until the TVC is tested and finally integrated on to the prototypes. The TD will require extensive aerodynamic testing after all.

 

[STEPHEN COHEN]

You can expect the TD to carry fins until the TVC is tested and finally integrated on to the prototypes. The TD will require extensive aerodynamic testing after all.

Will this plane be better than F 35

 

[randomradio]

Will this plane be better than F 35

It will be a generation ahead.

 

[BMD]

Will this plane be better than F 35

That's like saying a Gripen E will be better than an F-16C. Given that there's 30+ years between them it should be unless it suffers EU syndrome.

 

[BMD]

The Western Museum of Flight just called, they would like their YF-23 back. No questions asked.

 

[BMD]

You can expect the TD to carry fins until the TVC is tested and finally integrated on to the prototypes. The TD will require extensive aerodynamic testing after all.

It'll have fins. Even in the government video it has fins.

 

[randomradio]

It'll have fins. Even in the government video it has fins.

Lol, dude, that's just a CGI. Looks like the F-22.

 

[BMD]

Lol, dude, that's just a CGI. Looks like the F-22.

Bet you it'll have fins.

 

[BMD]

Remote carrier for SCAF.

 

[randomradio]

Bet you it'll have fins.

It will take nearly a decade to confirm that.

 

[BMD]

 

[randomradio]

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It looks like it has no vertical fins. The tail seems to have been twisted up.

 

[BMD]

It looks like it has no vertical fins. The tail seems to have been twisted up.

It's basically a YF-23 tail/fin arrangement,

whereas this was the original model:

Future Combat Air System (FCAS) - France/Germany