All three of these look interesting. :) The one thing that's sort of bugging me has to do with the designation. What country is this fighter supposed to be from? The designation seems to be similar to the U.S.'s scheme for military aircraft (e.g. F-15A), but it also looks like the U.S. Army's scheme for designating land vehicles (M1A1, for instance). Sorry if it seems to be a stupid question, but I'm a bit of an aircraft nut, and these sorts of things bother me. :)

The designation system is my own. If the DoD chose to evaluate this design as a potential production fighter, it would be assigned a stock number with a "YF"-prefix (meaning, "prototYpe Fighter"), likely YF-24.
As for why I used the number "20", that's too complicated to explain right at the moment. For now, let's just say it won't be the U.S. Military using these...

Oh, I see. So it's an in-house designation. Cool. :) No problem with that. I was just curious. :)

I absolutely LOVE THIS!!!! it would be well worth the billions of dollars R&D and then the $100mil+ US for it!

one thing is bothering me though, the small front wings, at the forward most part of their base, they dont join with the fuselage... I'm just wondering if this might place unnecessary stress on those joints in mac 3+ flight?

other than that, PLEASE email this design to the RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force) R&D dept. ... If they actually went ahead with it I would become a pilot ASAP!

The canards are attatched via titanium axles, and driven using mostly metallic carbon motors --- no force the F20A3 Stalker exherts can bend or snap them.

As for marketing the Stalker to Australia, that would be a virtually impossible endeavor --- Melbourne is completely infatuated with the F-35 Lightning II. Lockheed promised them AESA radar, stealth, supermaneuverability, high payloads and a US15$ Million pricetag, and Parliment "drank the koolaid".
They turned down the F-22 Raptor, the Su-35 Super Flanker, the Rafale, and even the JAS-39 Gripen! There's no way a "fighter concept" will win out over an aircraft that already flies.
Wiyh nothing but F-35s in the RAAF's forseeable future, let's hope Melbourne doesn't piss off Insonesia --- they've got F-16s, A-4s, Su-27s, Su-30s, and F-5s over there!

damn, that sucks.

but ha! true, though, you gotta wonder if the USA would back us? *sigh* oh well

but wow! you've put one hell of a lotta thought into this! now... when can i expect to see them on shelves at my local supermarket

Selling these jets on the civilian market would probably pay off --- not only does the private customer hand-pick his EXACT make and model, but at the same time, they're also qualified to fly (pilot's liscences) --- unlike a certain USAF Falcon Driver (who unwittingly strafed an ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in New Jersey).


As for an attack on Australia, the US might help out... maybe.

Got any Oil?

hahah! omfg, how the hell did he manage to strafe an elementary school??? HAHA! too perfect!

hmm, no oil, though we do have uranium lots of it too

haha!

How does a USAF pilot strafe a school without realizing it? Just look at the symptoms.

Either...

1- He was not paying close enough attention to his target.
2- He was not paying enough attention to his aircraft.
3- Ground Control was not paying close enough attention to his target.
4- Ground Control was not paying enough attention to his aircraft.
5- Maintenance did not configure the aircraft correctly.
6- Maintenance did not inspect the aircraft correctly.

These are because any or all parties were...

1- Ill supervised.
2- Improperly trained.
3- Improperly briefed.
4- Not taking their job seriously.
5- Not qualified to perform said mission.
6- Not following required procedures.
7- Given improper orders or instructions.
8- Forced to employ insufficient resources.

Therefore, the cause can inescapably be attributed to...

BAD LEADERSHIP!

wow, i wouldn't want to be his instructor then... imagine the shit you'd cop! btw, do we know if anyone was IN the school at the time?

It was in the wee hours of the morning, so only the janitor was there. Fortunately, he wasn't injured when the some 25 rounds barreled into the buildings.

I read the article in "Soldiers For The Truth". The title of the report is "No Excuse for Strafing School", which you can read here; http://www.sftt.org/cgi-bin/csNews/.....ch%202004%2edb

"Maybe that’s why we have a Second Amendment in America. It’s to save you from help you’d rather not have. " HAHA! so that explains it :P that seriously sucks though... thank the lord only the janitor was there

Speaking of the Second Amendment, that reminds me of something that Isoroku Yamamoto (Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy at the start of World War II) once said;

"An invasion of America would be impossible --- there would be a rifle behind every blade of grass!"

Those weren't the War Department's rifles he was talking about!

haha! completely awesome! how high school managed to make history boring when stuff like this is out there I'll never know

not bad. make a great spacefighter.

I don't know about that --- it had nothing to steer with in a vacuum, and it's engines require outside oxygen to operate.

I mean the overall shape and looks.

It does have a very Sci-Fi feel to it, but even so, I designed it to be a potentially functional design... something likely within reach of existing technology.