Rockwell XFV-12A by AliceFromLake
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Description
The Rockwell XFV-12A was a prototype supersonic United States Navy fighter which was built in 1977. On paper, it looked superior to the subsonic Hawker Siddeley Harrier attack fighter. Then it was put on a test rig to test vertical take off and landing behavior. There it was concluded that the engine was not powerful enough for such operations and the program was canceled. So the aircraft never made it's maiden flight.
Made with Unreal Engine.
Comments (4)
contedesfees
Super!
fireangel
A fabulous plane, it looked amazing and actually could have flown, though not vertically. The failure of the program was a pity as a Mach 2 VTOL fighter would have been extremely useful to a lot of air forces and also to the US Marine Corps, who continued to use the subsonic Harrier instead. The Harrier was a fine strike fighter but being able to do Mach 2 as well as VTOL operation would have been even better.
3DClassics123456
Superb model and as always nice render.
PhthaloBlue
Beautiful render!