Eeehh, no. DSI intake is optimized for M up to 1.6.Kryptid said:Would be nice to see a production F-16 with that inlet. Supposedly it performed better than the standard inlet.
QuadroFX said:Eeehh, no. DSI intake is optimized for M up to 1.6.Kryptid said:Would be nice to see a production F-16 with that inlet. Supposedly it performed better than the standard inlet.
Sideview of an F-16 modified with diverterless supersonic inlet, or DSI, developed for the Joint Strike Fighter -- now the F-35 Lightning II -- program. At high aircraft speeds through supersonic, the bump in the inlet works with the forward-swept inlet cowl to redirect unwanted boundary layer airflow away from the inlet, essentially doing the job of heavier, more complex, and more costly diverters used by current fighters. The flight test program consisted of twelve flights flown in nine days in December 1996.
mr_london_247 said:
Stargazer2006 said:More pics:
I suspect that it flew there when we finished testing it. I do believe that is a Lockheed owned F-16, not a US Gov't owned one.quellish said:mr_london_247 said:
It's previous location was at:
32.786889°
-97.447521°
Not sure how it got to Palmdale. It does appear that is the actual aircraft.