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I don’t think I’ve ever seen the competing designs to the McDonnell Douglas design before. Were these public at the time like with later aircraft competitions?
by knolan 4y ago
I don’t think I’ve ever seen the competing designs to the McDonnell Douglas design before. Were these public at the time like with later aircraft competitions? I’m thinking of the YF-17, YF-23 and X-32.
- belter 4y agoLooks like this is the best you are going to get, some photos in the answer: https://www.quora.com/Did-the-F-15-fighter-plane-have-any-competitor-prototypes-and-what-were-they https://www.quora.com/Did-the-F-15-fighter-plane-have-any-co... Fairchild Republic F-X: https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-5032893d14a8556ef65b40dd92f3a393-lq https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-5032893d14a8556ef65b4... General Dynamics F-X: https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-725ce5a1fe83a987224ca04bc399e822-lq https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-725ce5a1fe83a987224ca... North American Rockwell NA-335: https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-aad2b19e0e947f1cc2a4aafdbd7f23f1-lq https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-aad2b19e0e947f1cc2a4a...
- icegreentea2 4y agoThere are drawings of the Fairchild and North American ones in the PDF (page 60) as well. The Fairchild one looks incredibly Ace Combat (I think it's the super wide engine pods).
- knolan 4y agoThat’s what I meant. The PDF is the first I’ve seen.