Message posted by Smythers (Member since 01/10/2010) on September 04, 2022 at 10:52:32 PST:
The YF-24 project was akin to an advanced manned version of Rockwell HiMAT, a lego-like aircraft with varied bits added / removed / adapted to suit needs. It was Boeing's baby and part of their ICE work, and much of todays advanced thrust vectoring and tail-less work wouldn't have even been possible without it - 2D, 3D, unique shaped nozzles, all moving surfaces, adapted strakes - all of it went into the tunnel and elsewhere for testing. If you look at the Boeing Bird of Prey and X-36 (as well as X-31), you will see parts of that effort on public display.
Never was?
In Reply to: YF-24 myth, the supposed classified aircraft that never was posted by Vahe Demirjian on September 01, 2022 at 20:52:17 PST:
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