F-16XL

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pbrad
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F-16XL

Post by pbrad » Tue Oct 30, 2007 7:45 am

NASA planning to put F-16XL back into the skies. Kind of old news but thought it ineresting.

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/20 ... e-air.html

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StarScream
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Post by StarScream » Tue Oct 30, 2007 4:46 pm

reminds me of the Typhoon, with no canards.. :P
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Post by Burner » Tue Oct 30, 2007 8:09 pm

Yeah its a neat aircraft, but I wouldn't want to be the first to test fly it unless the Block 40 retrofit was more of a rebuild. I have to assume it has a one-off FCC circa 1982 for the delta wing control, and just slapping a B40 engine in and warming up the avionics during a few taxies would have me triple checking my egress equipment.
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