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Just saw a little blurb on this aircraft which I had never realized got beyond the drawing board. It's so futuristic looking that it seems like it belongs in a Buck Rogers show. Does anyone have any further details on this beast... were any saved? Where are they, or what happened to them?

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There's a bit more here: http://www.airbornegrafix.com/HistoricA ... /XFV12.htm including some more pictures. Never heard of it before.

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It's one really cool looking aircraft... more suited to a sci-fi movie really. Too bad they couldn't get the powerplant system to provide enough thrust. I wonder what could have happened if it had been successful. Can you imagine how different the Navy/USMC might have looked had it worked? Anyone have any more data?

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Looks like an A-4, Phantom, and Harrier had a three-way.. 8)

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It should, at least 2/3. It did use the forward section of the A-4 & part of the fuselage & wing structure of the F-4. It used some other spare parts too, but I can't recall.



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Looks like an A-4, Phantom, and Harrier had a three-way.. 8)

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The landing gear look quite weak. I'm wondering which are the mains and which is the nose wheel.... haha. They all look to be the same size. Wheelbarrow sized.

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The landing gear look quite weak. I'm wondering which are the mains and which is the nose wheel.... haha. They all look to be the same size. Wheelbarrow sized.

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A-4 nose gear is weak?
I think they were counting on soft VTOL landings.
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They never did get it airbourne under its own power. Apparently the ducting system bled off an enormous amount of engine power, far more than the small scale model predicted. I had heard that one, or both prototypes were in store at NASA Langley. Does anyone know if this is true, or if not, what happened to them? They are too cool looking to hide away. Would be great to see one in a museum!

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When was this thing built?
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When was this thing built?

The link provided suggests "hard part" testing ran from '74 til '81 when
the project was cancelled due to cost overruns...and I presume, failure of design.....

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