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Posted: 2/11/2005 11:41:57 AM EDT
Look at it - its UGLY. Looks like a flying Catfish to me!
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Posted: 2/11/2005 11:42:48 AM EDT
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its ugly but loveable, kind of like an AK
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Posted: 2/11/2005 11:42:52 AM EDT
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if it'd better than the F18, 16, 15, etc, then there is no problem.
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Posted: 2/11/2005 11:44:01 AM EDT
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It looks Happy.
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Posted: 2/11/2005 11:46:06 AM EDT
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The A-7 stealth corsair!
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Posted: 2/11/2005 11:47:22 AM EDT
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It was an ugly duckling....never had a chance against the X35...
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Posted: 2/11/2005 11:48:45 AM EDT
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No, it's not ugly, it's "mission optimized".
 The production version would have looked pretty good from the plan view. For ugly airplanes, do a search for airplanes designed in England; with the exception of the Spit and the BaE Hawk and some Slingby sailplanes, there aren't any great looking British airplanes I can recall. |
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Posted: 2/11/2005 11:58:11 AM EDT
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Check anything made by France in the 1930s, especially their "heavy" bombers, and the term aerial monstrosity will probably be redefined for you.
The TSR and English Electric Lightning weren't awful looking in my book. Neither was the Gnat, and the Hunter was sometimes called one of the best proportioned aircraft ever. |
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Posted: 2/11/2005 12:02:46 PM EDT
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At least the X32 actually got off the ground.
Rockwell's XFV-12A was an engineering snafu. It never flew, and if you ask Rockwell, they're still so embarrassed about it they will deny it even existed. Ugly mofo too... 
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Posted: 2/11/2005 12:14:01 PM EDT
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Ugly and too damn heavy. IIRC the STOLV aircraft was too heavy to take off vertically with its landing gear doors on. The F-35 is suffering weight problems too in the STOLV version, but imagine how bad it would have been to have a design that started out heavy.
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Posted: 2/11/2005 12:14:40 PM EDT
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Here's another nice looking Brit. 
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Posted: 2/11/2005 12:16:00 PM EDT
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 How about the McDonnell XF-85 Goblin? |
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Posted: 2/11/2005 12:20:46 PM EDT
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Holy crap, the local Wally World has one of those things out front! Pay a quarter, and you can ride in it for a minute or so. Of course, is is painted yellow... |
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Posted: 2/11/2005 12:25:02 PM EDT
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That problem has been resolved, for awhile now. |
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Posted: 2/11/2005 12:30:50 PM EDT
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Apparantly not good enough, next year's budget cuts back on the STOLV program due to weight problems. This is as of this week. |
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Posted: 2/11/2005 12:32:41 PM EDT
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I saw the X-32 flying when it was going thru flight testing at Edwards AFB, it looked cool from the ground but it was ugly as hell when it was on the ground.
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Posted: 2/11/2005 12:34:28 PM EDT
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I am not going to say anymore that is not public already about the STOVL (B) version....keeping in mind that the -22's were cut down from 330-something to 190-something in total acquisition in Bush's proposal. |
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Posted: 2/11/2005 1:44:50 PM EDT
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From what I read in an article posted somewhere here on arfcom, the USMC version will have reduced funding and the reason was the weight issues. Whether or not that was going to be picked up on the back side of the program wasn't stated. Although, it was worded in such a way as to present the reader with the impression that the weight problems produced an opprotunity to save money now and possibly buy later. |
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