Northrop F-5 alternate wing configurations

[Justo Miranda]

Via Carlo Godel

 

[hesham]

Hi,

from NASA,the F-5 delta wing and also trapezoidal wing
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19850015397_1985015397.pdf

 

[XP67_Moonbat]

Fascinating...I'm just curious....How would twin tails affect the delta wing configuration? Or perhaps canards, even? I just recieved an inspiration .

 

[Tophe]

How would twin tails affect the delta wing configuration?

Do you mean twin fins (like below, fake) or actual twin booms? ;D

 

[XP67_Moonbat]

That's close. What I was thinking was keeping the original planform at the top of the thread. But canting the tails outward, a la F/A-18 or the Iranian Shageh. And maybe, just maybe, have them project a little futher out past the tail a little bit, a la F-22.

 

[Tophe]

If I have well understood (thanks!):

 

[XP67_Moonbat]

We have a winner! ;D

 

[flateric]

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[flateric]

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[HeavyG]

You sure that's a delta wing? Looks like a standard F-5 wing with a bit more sweepback.

 

[Stargazer]

You sure that's a delta wing? Looks like a standard F-5 wing with a bit more sweepback.

Well there are four distinct wing designs displayed in these pics. The first one shows low delta wings (72-4474,-4477), the second one shows high-rooted delta wings in pretty much the same fashion as the much earlier N-102 Fang project (72-8168/8169). The third one has swept-wings, indeed (72-4476,-4478). The fourth one has straight wings in a high position, much like the F-104 but longer (72-8122/8123).

 

[hesham]

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I repeat the pictures from my dear Flateric as I find it in NASA report;


http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19740018330_1974018330.pdf

 

[GTX]

Interesting.

 

[Trident]

Indeed - the delta wing variant echoes the MiG-21 and HA-300!