Delta wing F-16s: SCAMP, F-16XL, Falcon 21 and more

[raptor82]

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Bill Sweetman:" Guess who's back?"

https://valkstrat.com/honestly-you-dont-look-a-day-over-block-30/

 

[Scott Kenny]

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Bill Sweetman:" Guess who's back?"

https://valkstrat.com/honestly-you-dont-look-a-day-over-block-30/

That Desert Falcon is a sexy beast... DSI, AESA, double-delta wings...

 

[Kalarz]

F-16XL 3-view, from here.

 

[Scott Kenny]

F-16XL 3-view, from here.

So sad that there's only the Monogram kit for it...

 

[Orionblamblam]

So sad that there's only the Monogram kit for it...

Say what now? There are quite a number of F-16XL kits.
1/32: ACE Hobby Kit
1/32: Kangnam
1/32: Revell
1/48: Kinetic
1/48: Skunkmodels
1/72: Monogram
1/144: Arii
1/144: Airfix

 

[Scott Kenny]

Say what now? There are quite a number of F-16XL kits.
1/32: ACE Hobby Kit
1/32: Kangnam
1/32: Revell
1/48: Kinetic
1/48: Skunkmodels
1/72: Monogram
1/144: Arii
1/144: Airfix

Huh, will have to go looking more often... I remember building the old Monogram 1/72 as a kid in the 80s.

 

[Orionblamblam]

Huh, will have to go looking more often... I remember building the old Monogram 1/72 as a kid in the 80s.

All of these pop up on ebay from time to time, prices ranging from "reasonable" to "ha ha no."

There is also a die-cast 1/144 F-16XL on ebay & Amazon, available for the low low price of "you've got to be kidding me."

https://amzn.to/3xxpEpb

 

[MihoshiK]

All of these pop up on ebay from time to time, prices ranging from "reasonable" to "ha ha no."

There is also a die-cast 1/144 F-16XL on ebay & Amazon, available for the low low price of "you've got to be kidding me."

https://amzn.to/3xxpEpb

If it was 1/72 or larger I might actually consider putting down that money, because it looks like a very good and detailed piece. But 1/144? Yeah nah.

 

[Foo Fighter]

There is a free paper model at, https://www.papermodelers.com/forum...ect/11979-chaiwat-kosatanakoms-project-2.html

Not the largest but with a little nose weight it will fly.

You can scale to print and detail/paint as you like it.

 

[Orionblamblam]

Found this at a local hobby shop:

 

[quellish]

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*looks at name of person posting the photo in question without attribution*



This is why we can't have nice things people.

 

[Perdikofas]

Technical specifications and some more photos of the F-16AT/Falcon 21 wind tunnel scale model from the NASA technical paper.

 

[Manuducati]

Interesting to see the two faceted IRST options.
And if I understand correctly, the model was tested in the wind tunnel without the vertical tail. I wonder if it was for the sole purpose of calibration, or if a tail less Falcon 21 was envisioned.

 

[Rolead]

O/T - This person in Japan does 1/72 resin F-16XL in both single and 2 seat versions http://lonestars.web.fc2.com/LSR7201.htm

They are really nice kits but will require other bits from Hasegawa's F-16s

Robert

 

[VTOLicious]

Technical specifications and some more photos of the F-16AT/Falcon 21 wind tunnel scale model from the NASA technical paper.

Nice! Could you post the full paper (or link)?

 

[flateric]

Nice! Could you post the full paper (or link)?

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/th...amp-f-16xl-falcon-21-and-more.909/post-600993

 

[VTOLicious]

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/th...amp-f-16xl-falcon-21-and-more.909/post-600993

Haha, thank you!

 

[Scott Kenny]

O/T - This person in Japan does 1/72 resin F-16XL in both single and 2 seat versions http://lonestars.web.fc2.com/LSR7201.htm

They are really nice kits but will require other bits from Hasegawa's F-16s

Robert

Thanks!

 

[Jan Breukel]

Flateric, do you have any weight numbers for this design? This thing is the size of a Rafale or Hornet, but it has the wing area of a F-15.

I would also have to wonder about the engine choice. Judging by the date of the project and the drawings, I would guess that the PW-1120 or the F-404 might have been baseline powerplants.

F-110

 

[hesham]

From this report

 

[Маска]

Some details about NASA's SCIF (Supersonic Cruise Integrated Fighter) researches.

From: Applying Slender Wing Benefits to Military Aircraft, by Edwards C Polhamus. NASA Langley research Center, Hampton, Virginia.


[Edit - Removed link to illegal website - Admin]

SCIF Model, 1975

 

[Маска]

SCIF-3F

 

[voodoo1]

Here's my all aluminum F-16XL

 

[Маска]

SCIF 1975, SCIF-IV

 

[Маска]

SCIF-6