Hmm...that F-25 looks like a variation of the SR-71, although the jet intake behind the canopy isn't a good idea, if the pilot ejects, he'll be sucked right in.
Hmm...that F-25 looks like a variation of the SR-71, although the jet intake behind the canopy isn't a good idea, if the pilot ejects, he'll be sucked right in.
not necessarily. it can also be a stealth feature, as the canopy would hide the intake from radar. it was one of the features on Boeing's stealth technology demonstrator aircraft, the Bird of Prey; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_bird_of_prey
The biggest problem with a dorsal inlet is sound and pilot comfort, pilots of the brid of prey and the older F-107 all complained about the noise in the cockpit due to all that additional air rushing past the canopy, it also made hot swapping, changing out crews without turning off the engine, problamatic, if not impossible.
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not necessarily. it can also be a stealth feature, as the canopy would hide the intake from radar. it was one of the features on Boeing's stealth technology demonstrator aircraft, the Bird of Prey; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_bird_of_prey
The NX-01 should have had that upswept catamaran tail...
http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,3153.msg30164.html#msg30164
I've always had a soft spot for this one.