The Lockheed 🛦
Built one for his birthday :D
The XF-90 turns 76 this year, with June 3, 1949 being the date of its first flight. To celebrate the occasion, I made an XF-90 myself- with a tad of a twist! This XF-90 can actually be acknowledged as "F-90," as this imagines a production version of the Lockheed penetration fighter. I also gave it some unique indigo accents to further spice it up (I was gonna do yellow, but after looking at my last XF-90 build, I went with indigo because I thought it fit better).
Fun Fact:
The XF-90 doesn't have an official name- kind of. A Lockheed book I have acknowledges it as the "Starfire," and many just call it by the aircraft type, "Penetration Fighter," but I decided to give it the name "Starknight" for four very simple reasons:
-Star, because many Lockheed planes had star-themed names (e.g. Shooting Star, Starfire, Starfighter, Constellation, Starlifter, Galaxy, Darkstar).
-I don't know where, how, or why, but something gave me the impression that the XF-90's nickname was "knight," which as you can see, stuck to present day.
-Building on the last one, the nose kinda reminds me of a lance, which is funny since we already have a Lancer (or not, since the XF-90 came before the B-1).
-I couldn't think of anything that sounded cooler without sounding overkill lol
Fun Fact (Again):
I've made three XF-90s. To celebrate the "Starknight's" birthday, I've grouped all three of them into one place!
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Specifications
General Characteristics
- Predecessor Starknight
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 42.4ft (12.9m)
- Length 56.3ft (17.2m)
- Height 17.1ft (5.2m)
- Empty Weight 6,607lbs (2,996kg)
- Loaded Weight 34,007lbs (15,425kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 1.916
- Wing Loading 75.4lbs/ft2 (367.9kg/m2)
- Wing Area 451.3ft2 (41.9m2)
- Drag Points 4034
Parts
- Number of Parts 204
- Control Surfaces 5
- Performance Cost 913
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