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This is the aircraft from the background in my avatar. The F20A1 (no relation to the Northrop F-20 Tigershark) is my own design, and represents my philosophies for Sixth-Generation warplane design. To put that into context, all the most advanced fighters today (in either service, or development) are only Fifth-Generation or less.
This design only represents a first draft --- I've revised it twice, but most of the essential features have been carried over to the new versions. As there is a lot of detail to this plane, I will eventually upload text articles explaining thier features and how they work. One last thing; you'll find the F20A2 in the "Scraps" section, not the "Gallery", for reasons that will be immediately obvious.
Also, if you want to know anything about the F20A-series, just ask.
This design only represents a first draft --- I've revised it twice, but most of the essential features have been carried over to the new versions. As there is a lot of detail to this plane, I will eventually upload text articles explaining thier features and how they work. One last thing; you'll find the F20A2 in the "Scraps" section, not the "Gallery", for reasons that will be immediately obvious.
Also, if you want to know anything about the F20A-series, just ask.
Category Designs / Miscellaneous
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Size 960 x 768px
File Size 121.3 kB
Maybe. Though without sponsors (i.e, people dumping tons of money into the project), proper FAA documentation, or Congressional approval and/or oversight, even being able to build a flying demonstrator would be nothing short of a miracle. Today's aeronautical industry is a far cry from the era when Jack Northrop built and flew home-made flying-wings on a whim.
Well... it doesn't actually look anything LIKE the MAKO.
Here's a 3-view of it;
http://www.airwar.ru/image/idop/att.....ako/mako-1.gif
The Stalker's LERX is swept (not flared), it has an angular canopy (not a bubble canopy), the fuselage geometry is angular (not rounded), two clamshell nozzles (not a single cylindrical nozzle), 5-sided semi-negative wings (not 4-sided trapezoidal wings), there are 2 vertical stabilizers (not one) which are negatively-inclined (not positively), an angular (not rounded) chisel nose, the MAKO has no canards, the Stalker has internal bays (the MAKO doesn't), and the Stalker has both elevators and ailerons (the MAKO has only ailerons).
I'd say those are substantial differences.
There are, however, a couple of other aircraft designs that are uncannily-similar to the F20A1 Stalker. This is one I only learned of a year or two ago;
http://acecombat.wikia.com/wiki/F-H_Hunter_II
Also, part of the inspiration for the F20A1 Stalker was one of the three playable aircraft in AirGrave;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMfRbWNux5E
Here's a 3-view of it;
http://www.airwar.ru/image/idop/att.....ako/mako-1.gif
The Stalker's LERX is swept (not flared), it has an angular canopy (not a bubble canopy), the fuselage geometry is angular (not rounded), two clamshell nozzles (not a single cylindrical nozzle), 5-sided semi-negative wings (not 4-sided trapezoidal wings), there are 2 vertical stabilizers (not one) which are negatively-inclined (not positively), an angular (not rounded) chisel nose, the MAKO has no canards, the Stalker has internal bays (the MAKO doesn't), and the Stalker has both elevators and ailerons (the MAKO has only ailerons).
I'd say those are substantial differences.
There are, however, a couple of other aircraft designs that are uncannily-similar to the F20A1 Stalker. This is one I only learned of a year or two ago;
http://acecombat.wikia.com/wiki/F-H_Hunter_II
Also, part of the inspiration for the F20A1 Stalker was one of the three playable aircraft in AirGrave;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMfRbWNux5E
The XFA-27 was my main inspiration, and I crammed a little bit of that aircraft from AirGrave into it. My original aim was to try to determine what the XFA-27 would look like without variable-geometry wings, but it was so simple to redesign the rest of it, I ended up with an original design.
And remember to consider key recognition features --- the details are what separates different designs with similar layouts!
And remember to consider key recognition features --- the details are what separates different designs with similar layouts!
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