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« Reply #15 on: July 09, 2007, 04:11:18 am » |
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Here's the images out of the Ginter book. The caption that goes with this reads:
"two views of the final intake and boundary layer intake bump. The bump was constructed of wood and its protective coating has worn away leaving the black area shown in the photos." It also notes that this aircraft is on display at China Lake...
HTH! Mark
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« Reply #16 on: July 09, 2007, 04:14:17 am » |
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Thanks. It looks like you've still got diverter channels as well as the layer being removed through the bump with those perforations. An early approximation of what's used on the F-35, but not the whole by a long shot.
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« Reply #17 on: July 09, 2007, 12:50:35 pm » |
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True, but we're talking 45+ years ago which is impressive all things considered. I wonder if Grumman patented that and L-M needs to pay royalties?  Enjoy the Day! Mark |
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« Reply #18 on: July 09, 2007, 02:42:33 pm » |
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Drawings of the Vought V-1100, LWF, and photos of Boeing ATF models show similar "bumps". Does anyone know if these are DSIs?
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« Reply #19 on: July 09, 2007, 05:25:21 pm » |
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Thanks for those pics of the bump Mark. Looks to me like the perforations were part of the bump, but the splitter 'gap' looks like it may be a legacy from the original Tiger intake - the bump blocks most of it. Perhaps it was all a bit trial and error, which would make sense thanks to lack of CFD etc., and a wooden bump is eminently modifiable. Was the Super Tiger flown with a regular intake first? These days, the design tools available allow one to design fans to cope with large amounts of distortion with equanimity For conventional aircraft pretty much, but still STOVL ones with pressure AND temperature distortion can have issues - still a lot of trial and error involved getting it right. |
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"If there is a more tortuous tale in the history of aerospace than the long pursuit of a runway-free fighter, the author has not heard it." - Bill Sweetman.
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« Reply #21 on: August 19, 2007, 10:14:09 pm » |
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Why did the USN say it was too heavy?
IS it really its approach speed?
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« Reply #22 on: August 27, 2007, 08:03:03 am » |
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Yeah, seem bizarre to me, too. If the Super Tiger was found too heavy for USN carriers , wouldn't the Phantom be in trouble ?  |
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« Reply #23 on: August 27, 2007, 12:07:10 pm » |
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Why did the USN say it was too heavy?
IS it really its approach speed?
This is US Navy talk for 'we do not want this aircraft'! Regards Pioneer |
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« Reply #24 on: August 27, 2007, 12:51:06 pm » |
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Is it?
After all other potential customers choose the F104 instead, sometimes at the last minute, we know Lockheed was playing dirty back then.
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« Reply #25 on: August 27, 2007, 03:09:17 pm » |
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Lockheed didn't have a competitor to the Super Tiger for the Navy. The dirty tricks and the marketing (see here... http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,714.msg5368.html#msg5368 were done in Europe, chiefly in Germany, and later in Japan. When Germany fell in place, all other Europeans followed suite. Japan was harder to crack and needed direct bribes. Lockheed distributed bribes later in Italy for the C-130, but were the politician to ask bribes to not stop the contract. The military had already chosen. |
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« Reply #26 on: October 02, 2008, 09:00:14 am » |
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Here's an in house ad from 1957.
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« Reply #27 on: June 21, 2009, 08:18:21 pm » |
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Financially, what would have happened to Lockheed has the F11F tiger won the export fighter deal?
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« Reply #28 on: June 21, 2009, 10:16:37 pm » |
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Too hard to compute. Too many variables. Maybe they'd abandoned the idea of re-entering the civil market with the L-1011, and they'd be much better later...
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« Reply #29 on: June 22, 2009, 03:07:25 am » |
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Pioneer, This is US Navy talk for 'we do not want this aircraft'! So whenever the Navy doesn't want a plane, they only have to claim it's too heavy or it's landing characteristics are unsatisfactory? Awesome... |
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