Doesn't this fighter

[Concordia]

The F-108 Rapier

look kind of like the F-44 Rapier from WC1

-Concordia

 

[Col.Dom]

Whoa... I've never seen that one before

Kickass, nonetheless!

 

[TCSTigersClaw]

Looks like Rapier from Wc ???? .... ? nniaaaaaaa

 

[Aries]

they both have 2 engines and the wingtips are turned downwards, but other than that, nope

 

[Concordia]

Originally posted by Aries
they both have 2 engines and the wingtips are turned downwards, but other than that, nope

That's what I meant, the wing-shape looks kind of like the Rapier from WC1

-Concordia

 

[PopsiclePete]

Where do you see any ressemblance again ?

 

[PopsiclePete]

Nor does it look like WC2's Rapier :

 

[Eder]

Well, if you look at the shape of the wings (and absolutely nothing else ) then yes, I'd say they're similar (except that the plane's wings are only straight sections, whereas the Rapier has some curves... also, the Rapier's wings are broader).

--Eder

 

[Lynx]

The design looks like it's from the early 80's, right.

 

[Aries]

here's what the rapier's wings look like

and it looks more like a 70's design to me

 

[Viper61]

Originally posted by Aries
here's what the rapier's wings look like

Or you could just look at Pete's 2 images below . . .

Originally posted by Aries
and it looks more like a 70's design to me

Most every Fighter design used in the US military is a 70's or earlier design. The Hornet, Tomcat, Falcon, Eagle, Prowler, Tornado, etc were all 70's or earlier designs. The only noteable exceptions I can think of in the US arsenal today are the F-117 Nighthawk (which can trace it's designs back to 1971 if you really want to get techinical), the B-2 Spirit, the F-22 Lightning (or Raptor or whatever name they've decided to call it by these days) and the F-35 JSF, and none of the fighters are truely in widespread usage. By the way, hav they given the JSF a pop-culture influenced name yet?

C-ya

 

[Col.Dom]

Originally posted by Viper61
F-117 Nighthawk (which can trace it's designs back to 1971 if you really want to get techinical), the B-2 Spirit....

Well, the B-2 Spirit can trace its design back to the 1940s... if you really want to get technical

 

[Aries]

Originally posted by Viper61
Or you could just look at Pete's 2 images below . . .

mine shows the wings better

the F-22 Lightning (or Raptor or whatever name they've decided to call it by these days) and the F-35 JSF, and none of the fighters are truely in widespread usage. By the way, hav they given the JSF a pop-culture influenced name yet?

it's the Raptor and for the JSF, no idea

 

[Col.Dom]

Originally posted by Aries
it's the Raptor and for the JSF, no idea

Also, for the record, it is formally known as the F/A-22 Raptor. The JSF has no "pop" name, yet. It is simply referred to as JSF.

However, given its mission, I'd chuckle if they named it the "Thunderbolt III" or "Falcon II."

 

[gryphon]

I was under the impression that the JSF went under the moniker Ghost Hawk...

 

[Col.Dom]

Originally posted by gryphon
I was under the impression that the JSF went under the moniker Ghost Hawk...

Hadn't heard that before. However, I haven't really been keeping tabs on it like I had been. Pretty cool name ... although it seems the US arsenal is stocking itself with "Hawks," these days (i.e. the Global Hawk).

 

[Quarto]

Originally posted by Col.Dom
Well, the B-2 Spirit can trace its design back to the 1940s... if you really want to get technical

Indeed, to the very neat-looking XB-35. One of my favourite weird WWII-era planes. Not as cool as the XF5U-1, mind you, but hey - what could possibly be as cool as the flying pancake?

 

[Col.Dom]

Originally posted by Quarto
Not as cool as the XF5U-1, mind you, but hey - what could possibly be as cool as the flying pancake?

Whoa

I never saw that! What a neat concept! What happened to the days of unique thinking and ingenuity? Oh yeah- the hacking of "pioneer" from our doctrine.

What could be as cool, you ask? I'll tell you what: I_don't_know!

 

[Ripper]

Originally posted by Col.Dom
Well, the B-2 Spirit can trace its design back to the 1940s... if you really want to get technical

Now, don't go getting technical in a discussion about aircraft/aerospacecraft design.

 

[Worf]

Heh, that looks like it got some inspiration from the ill-fated Avro Arrow (late 50's/early 60's)... (which I wouldn't be surprised, since it appears that wind tunnel testing was carried out by the US military because they had the wind tunnels ).