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Rockwell XFV-12 Ideas and inspiration
« on: July 27, 2020, 04:22:55 AM »
Limited for models but here is some inspiration never-the-less:











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Re: Rockwell XFV-12 Ideas and inspiration
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2020, 04:28:08 AM »
And some mockup construction photos:










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Re: Rockwell XFV-12 Ideas and inspiration
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2020, 07:08:02 AM »
Would be interesting to see a relook at this design with the engine from the F-35 being used along with the driven lift fan.  Yeah, reality bites and that would never work but in plastic or resin one can certainly make it a thing...
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Re: Rockwell XFV-12 Ideas and inspiration
« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2020, 07:51:15 AM »
Dust off blueprints and redo with today's materials, engines, electronics....
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Re: Rockwell XFV-12 Ideas and inspiration
« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2020, 10:59:53 AM »
Quote from: finsrin on July 27, 2020, 07:51:15 AM
Dust off blueprints and redo with today's materials, engines, electronics....
Probably still wouldn't work.  Ejector augmentation has been tried multiple times and doesn't work (for ex., XV-4 had it replaced with a battery of J85 lift engines as the XV-4B); there seems to be a loss of performance between scale models used for testing and the full-scale item.  Now, I could see this basic layout being used with the F-35B's engine and lift fan, though there would be some necessary redesign; OTOH, it would not be as stealthy as a F-35B.  It's too bad it never flew conventionally without trying for VSTOL capabilities as I would love to know how the basic configuration flew.
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Re: Rockwell XFV-12 Ideas and inspiration
« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2020, 01:05:48 AM »
A bad idea that wasted the time and money spent. 
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Re: Rockwell XFV-12 Ideas and inspiration
« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2020, 01:50:23 AM »
It would have been interesting to see the airframe here combined with the rival Convair Model 200 with 2 × Rolls-Royce/Allison XJ99 turbofan engines lift-jets added in instead of or as a compliment to the ejector lift system.
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Re: Rockwell XFV-12 Ideas and inspiration
« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2020, 11:19:17 AM »
Instead of would make more sense.  Ejector lift is an idea that doesn't scale from model tests to full size aircraft.
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