Firefox Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 (edited) Edited March 18, 2004 by Firefox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limbo Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 Sweet! Can you post a picture on gerwalk mode? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anubis Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 Where's the diamond force logo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dna Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 I don't get it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeszekely Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 Ah yes, the VG-winged F-117 designed for carrier use. Never stood a chance of being bought, though... by the time Lockheed was ready to start pitching it to the Navy, seemed stealth technology had progressed to the point where it really wasn't necessary to have such an un-aerodynamic plane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anubis Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 The bigger winged one looks sweet. Did they actually make one for test? I thought that was a photochop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shin Densetsu Kai 7.0 Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 to my knowledge the Af117X wasnt vg...jsut biger winged... equipped with afterburbning ge414s and an internal cannon. I think it could have been a good knifefighter. Looks very awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerwalker Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 Nice pic!!! Check here for more info about this naval F-117 BTW: it's an amazing site, check also the german stealth fighter. Invisible defenders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anubis Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 Learn something new everyday. That thing looks badass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty gorgon Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 That's my next CG project (along with a VF-11 or 5000)... But with the B2-A style inlets (see the reference posted by gerwalker). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limbo Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 Bah... nobody gave me a gerwalk mode... I had to do it myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akilae Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 Somehow I'm expecting Dave to jump in and enlighten us with the entire development history, pros and cons, etc... After that whole photoshop F-16 deal... are these F-117s the real thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander McBride Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 (edited) Woah, did anyone see the Lockheed/ Boeing A/F-X Submission? It's a freaking stealth F-14! It's really one of those aircraft that make you think that the Valk is just around the corner..... Edited March 9, 2004 by Commander McBride Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Leader Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 Nice F-117X/AF-117, Firefox! Commander McBride, Lockheed's A/F-X submission was basically an extension of the original planned Navy version of the F-22. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander McBride Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 Yeah, the F-22 is very evident in the forward part of the plane.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxer Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 BUt it doesn't say they built a flyable prototype. Is this a photoshop work or no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefox Posted March 12, 2004 Author Share Posted March 12, 2004 Guys, it is a photoshop pics. I said "just for fun" in the title Glad you guys like it. Personally, I would like to see one fly in the sky. But no hope now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefox Posted March 18, 2004 Author Share Posted March 18, 2004 Another A/F-117 X preparing for its test flight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerwalker Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 I have bought three 1/144 F-117 kits during the last years:Dragon, Revell and the new one from Trumpeter. Dragon and Revell kits are horrible even the shape of the plane is wrong in those kits but now I know what to do with them!!! I will be funny to modify them to look as an A/F-117X. BTW: The Trumpeter's kit is the most accurate (even better than some 1/72 kits!!) it even comes with a pilot a ladder and a correct set of bombs and a correct bomb bay but the decals are not good (instead of grey they are green-grey) I highly recomend it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel's Fury Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 Yeah, the F-22 is very evident in the forward part of the plane.... Very cool though! I wonder if this program is still on going or it was scrapped? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerwalker Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 Yeah, the F-22 is very evident in the forward part of the plane.... Very cool though! I wonder if this program is still on going or it was scrapped? Quote from Invisible Defenders: The original F-117N concept was evaluated during the summer of 1993 and rejected by Pentagon and Navy acquisition officials. They concluded that the F-117N was a single-mission aircraft weighted for night operations and would add another costly logistics component at a time when the Navy was trying to reduce the number of aircraft types on its carrier decks. Questions also arose about Lockheed's cost figures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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