Mcdonnell Douglas JSF proposal and x-36

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The JSF program that spawns the f-35 was the largest and most anticipated program in aviation history. Thus it drew a large amounts of proposals from many different defense contractors. One of which is the Mcdonnell Douglas. The Pentagon scrapped it out of the competition and left only Lockheed and Boeing in because the MD vertical take-off and landing for the b-version had to use 2 engines, making the Marines, the one who will operate the b-version, to have serious concerns over it. However, its almost tailess feature is a revolutionary concept that will only move the already existing fly-by-wire control tech to a new height. It intergrates thrust vectoring as a solution for fly-by-wire control, truly a genius concept.

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Science & Technology

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• JSF
• f-35
• lighting
• x-32
• lockheed
• martin
• boeing
• aviation
• combat
• jet
• aircrafts
• fighters
• airplanes

[TheMitchy93]

The Eurofighter Typhoon is designed to be unstable.

They should of kept the horizontal tales.

[stealthyf23]

@TheMitchy93 There are different levels and types of unstability. Even airplanes decades ago like f-16, f-18 were designed with a level of unstability to improve their maneuverability, though no where close to the eurofighter, just as the eurofighter typhoon nowhere close to the MCDD proposal. The mcdonnell's design would have been vastly more maneuverable than the eurofighter typhoon. No verticle tails would also mean stealthier.

[biped19]

I'm willing to bet that the Mcdonnell Douglas JSF would have been superior to the F-35.

[uspatriot08]

The X-32 out performed the X-35 in competition. It flew cross county during the competition a suprise to Lockheed because theirs was not werthy of that flight yet. Only down side of X32 was that it used similar virtical takeoff approach as the harrier which was considered old tech. Although it performed great. It had the potential to win the competition but I guess Lockheed invest more $ in lobbying in DC for defense programs than Boeing. Too Bad it lost because it would have been in Iraq today!

[JPUP1697]

So the XFA-36A is based off this design... Props NAMCO!

[doceigen]

Isn't there any video on You Tube showcasing the 'technologies' of this beautiful aircraft... apparently, THIS is it. WHAT A SHAME! Also I will take a moment here to abuse all of you by proclaiming that HAVING TO ADD MUSIC to every video on You Tube, is lame! TV TV TV under all your skins! pfft.

[StiviGun1]

@aarrmmeenndd100 because they're very expensive. But they do offer some advantages of just unmanned fighters. So this is probably what we'll see in the future. The only problem with these fighters is that they are very expensive.

[StiviGun1]

@aarrmmeenndd100 Well, in 2020, there will be manned fighters flying, of course. but who knows what will happen up until 2040? The unmanned fighters technology might evolve to a such an extent that there will be no reason to build manned fighters. And the truth is that if technology evolves, there's really no need to to build manned fighters, which are more expensive and they also provide weaker performances.

As for why not to build fighters that are both manned and unmanned, well, that's

[StiviGun1]

@aarrmmeenndd100 A lot of things will happen and change before 2040. The UAV technology will evolve to such an extent until then that manned fighters will have become obsolete fro quite a while... The truth is UAVs are the future, one of the reasons is that they can be produce in much larger numbers because they're cheaper. And they also offer superior performances from every point of view. Only people who can't think outside the box still want manned fighters...

[StiviGun1]

@aarrmmeenndd100 I think they will build both manned and unmanned fighters. Although, if technology progresses, I don't see any reason to continue building manned fighters. Unmanned fighters offer a lot of advantages over manned fighters and no disadvantage. I believe that fighters like X-47B are the future of military aviation. I don't know what you see in manned fighters, but unmanned fighters are much more efficient.

[StiviGun1]

@aarrmmeenndd100 Yeah, they're more than sure working on projects that will see service only decades later.

[StiviGun1]

@aarrmmeenndd100 Oh, I'm sure the government knows what they do in the Area 51. Or at least some of the government's members. The military is under political control in the US.

[StiviGun1]

@aarrmmeenndd100 Well, I don't know what to say about that "black budget". I don't see any proof of it. And I certainly don't believe in those alien stories. But there may be true that they have very advanced designs that they test in secrecy. But if this is the case, then I don't know where are these designs.

[StiviGun1]

@aarrmmeenndd100 I would really like to see what other designs they have. Because some people say they're broke and they can't build anything else. I would really like to see what other designs they have.