McDonnell-Douglas VLF Model 265 AFTI project

[jsport]

The side by side appears to have a FLIR/LD ball under the fuselage which would also enable PGM use for battlefield air interdiction roles.

Cool! Seems to be a two seat close air support design using Model 265 aerodynamics.

It’s a quirky looker and that big flat belly and offset intakes could make for an easy evolution into a low RCS strike aircraft. The side by side appears to have a FLIR/LD ball under the fuselage which would also enable PGM use for battlefield air interdiction roles.

..would postulate the ball under the fuselage could well be not only a sensor but a minigun and or 40mm AGL turret which would stable enough for accurate fire based on the varible incidence wing & canard ie Vectored Flight Control (VFC).

 

[Scott Kenny]

J85 engines? man, that's going to be tiny, F-5 size or so.

The variable incidence wings are interesting.

 

[hesham]

Good Day All -

I found some more artwork over at the Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum that is worth sharing.

Enjoy the Day! Mark

Hi,

Cannon-Fighter: More Shots, More Kills--at Less Cost

 

[Mark Nankivil]

Some more artwork thanks to the Gerry Balzer collection.

Enjoy the Day! Mark

226-522A, 265-1J, 226-514, AFGAT AG-1, unknown, unknown.

 

[jsport]

Some more artwork thanks to the Gerry Balzer collection.

Enjoy the Day! Mark

Thank you Mark NanKivil, as 2483 seems to allude to some sort of cannon fighter config.

 

[Mark Nankivil]

Agreed - much like the artwork in #72 of this thread...

Enjoy the Day! Mark

 

[bercr]

Some more artwork thanks to the Gerry Balzer collection.

Enjoy the Day! Mark

Thank you Mark.
It's not complicated, I like everything from Gerry Balzer's collection.

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

So, somehow we didn't clarify the two AFTI Model 265 demonstrator designs.

265-2 was a dinky little thing using 2 x J85-GE-21 turbojets






The 265-1 used two J101 turbojets.

Source:

Gibbons, T. A., & Ostroff, H. H. (1975). Vectored Lift Advanced Fighter Technology Integrator. SAE Technical Paper Series. doi:10.4271/751079