VATOL F-18: video

 aircraft, projects, youtube
Aug 122011
 

Following up the photos I showed before, here is a NASA-Langley video showing the VATOL (Vertical Attitude Take Off and Landing) F-18 model being put through its paces in a wind tunnel. The model features a nose section that can tilt down by 90 degrees or soso that the pilot remains in a proper seated position while the aircraft is vertically oriented

This was not meant as a demonstrator for an actual effort to modify an F-18 into a VATOL craft, but just a generic test of the basic concept.

[youtube 1bZAmyNe5PU]

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  One Response to “VATOL F-18: video”

  1. Grey Havoc says:
    August 13, 2011 at 5:02 pm

    Interesting that they used a lightweight fighter design, especially that particular (P-630 based?) design. I wonder if the fact that the P-630 used a version of the YJ101 had anything to do with it?

    I also wonder if the study was related directly in any way to what would become the USN V/STOL Type B requirement?

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