Lore.
The Rockwell XFV-12 was a prototype supersonic United States Navy fighter which was built in 1977. The XFV-12 design attempted to combine the Mach 2 speed and AIM-7 Sparrow armament of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II in a VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) fighter for the small Sea Control Ship which was under study at the time. On paper, it looked superior to the subsonic Hawker Siddeley Harrier attack fighter. However, it was unable to demonstrate an untethered vertical takeoff and its inability to meet performance requirements resulted in the program's termination.
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Controls
Ag1 main engine
Ag2 VTOL assist
VTOL for VTOL
notes
1. I tried to make this fly a little unstable at times since the plane was never actually able to fly
2. the loadout in the screenshots is different the in game because I realized just before publishing that it was the wrong one
credits
Windshifter1 for screenshots
Gallery
Specifications
Spotlights
- TheUltimatePlaneLover one year ago
- DISHWASHER2005 one year ago
- WinsWings one year ago
- Rjenteissussy one year ago
- windshifter1 one year ago
- TheMouse one year ago
- KPLBall one year ago
- VDBVitto191 one year ago
- f80shootingstarlover one year ago
General Characteristics
- Predecessor STOL Challenge [CLOSED]
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 36.1ft (11.0m)
- Length 51.0ft (15.5m)
- Height 12.5ft (3.8m)
- Empty Weight 20,853lbs (9,458kg)
- Loaded Weight 40,009lbs (18,147kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 13.649
- Wing Loading 36.1lbs/ft2 (176.1kg/m2)
- Wing Area 1,109.3ft2 (103.1m2)
- Drag Points 8331
Parts
- Number of Parts 544
- Control Surfaces 15
- Performance Cost 3,134
for @winwings challenge
@MarkMCraft thanks
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Lighting really is important, huh.
@ZeroWithSlashedO I meant to put that in, I even finished it, but I guess the curse of the undo button must have gotten rid of it, and I forgot to add it back
listen man
great build and all
'preciate it when someone does an obscure plane
but be sure to put the splitter plate next time aight? it would look nicer
@MIGFOXHOUND31BSM26 oh
@TTL well since this this didn't actually fly, I tried to make it not fly very well
Scariest thing an enemy could do in a dogfight is just nosedive. This has the same issue (minus the speed, that’s just a huge plus. Who wants to fight someone going 1000+ mph?) as the p-38 thunderbolt. Early variants would get in a fight, enemy would nose dive, and because of their advantage, they’d pull up and you know the rest.
Nice plane though
@Karroc9522 Sure
@windshifter1 I'll tagyou in one as soon as it's done! Thanks!
@MIGFOXHOUND31BSM26 Very nice 👍
@Karroc9522 Glad you like them, I did them for foxhound and if you want I can do for you too. Just tag me on an unlisted post before publishing if you want me to.
@windshifter1 I forgot to tag you too
Uhh why my Profile
My god those pics are beautiful
@f80shootingstarlover sorry I forgot to tag you
awesome
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Very nice plane .
Nice
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