An alternate F-11 Tiger

Just went to Pensacola NAS museum yesterday. Tiger is a very small, slim fighter more akin to an A-4 size than an A-7 or F-8. The F-3 was very thick and tall, closer to size of an A-7 or F-8. F-3 is not so small. Its amazing how tiny the Tiger is, seemed almost smaller in some ways than some F-5s I've seen. And like an F-5, it looks like a toy compared to most others. If anything the Tiger maybe should have been marketed as a contender for allied airforces as a light fighter. Two sidewinders look as if it would have been a heavy load.

As you enter the third hanger there is an AIM-26A. It was pretty modest size, not the heavyweight some have said. Much more compact and half the size if not more than the Pheonix. There is a HARM by the entrance and it wasn't much different than a Sparrow. No ARM that I could find to compare with.

One of the guys at the front desk was an F-8 pilot for USMC and flew out of Da Nang. He said J65 was a solid engine compared to other options at the time. He said he never had to operate from on a carrier as his jets flew into there and out via Japan. The F/A-18 sits next to an F-14 and they are very similar in size. F-14 looks thicker, but I cannot imagine it took up more space in a hanger.
 
I have no doubt AMX was inspired by the idea of Tiger but using a Spey.
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I have no doubt AMX was inspired by the idea of Tiger but using a Spey.
AMX-Italy-jet.jpg
A TF-30/Spey non after burning Tiger would be very AMX like but a bit faster and a little better payload. I don't think AMX is area ruled so Tiger would have better drag numbers.
 
My fantasy aircraft in post 1 could be seen as a joint proposal by North American and Grumman (you know for the LOLZ), but lets work from something based on the 98-L for more serious discussion of putting a reheated Spey in this puppy. I will repost a couple of images for easy reference(they were posted pages back).
 

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so the Spey is going to weigh 258 pounds/117 KG more than J-79... so with the 300 square foot wing and off loading a wee bit more fuel on launch all the prior work Orlovsky did in working out what CATS the 98-J could use should still apply.
 
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