LTV V-507 Vagabond
| LTV V-507 Vagabond | |
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| Type: | Fighter plane |
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| First flight: |
Never happened |
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0 |
The LTV V-507 Vagabond was a design for a carrier aircraft for the US Navy . It stayed with the conceptual design, as Grumman won the VFX tender.
history
After the Pentagon with the TFX program ( T actical F ighter E x perimental) was a multi-role combat aircraft, the Armed Forces across should be procured, failed and the General Dynamics FB-111 has not been used on aircraft carriers of the US Navy, took place the VFX - Call for tenders (Na v al F ighter E x perimental).
In addition to the final winner, Grumman (Model 303E / F), North American (Model D323) also took part in the tender with the only non-swivel-wing design. McDonnell (Model 225) and Grummans designs had two vertical stabilizers, the Convair ( Model 44 ) and Vought (V-507) designs had one vertical stabilizer. A 1: 1 model of the Vought V-507 was built. McDonnell and Grumman made it to the finals. Grumman won the tender on January 14, 1969. Grumman's Model 303E / F was then given the designation F-14 Tomcat , and the first prototypes were designated the YF-14.
development
In 1964, the French Ministry of Defense applied for a development program for swivel wing aircraft for land-based use and for use from aircraft carriers. France had participated in the Anglo-French Variable Geometry Airplane (AFVG) before giving up interest; Dassault later received an order in October 1965 for a prototype powered by a single Pratt & Whitney / SNECMA TF-306 turbofan.
Dassault's first variable swivel-wing aircraft was created in 1967 as a single-engine, two-seat Mirage G fighter, essentially a swing-wing version of the Dassault Mirage F2 . The wings were swiveled backwards from 22 degrees to 70 degrees. Flight tests were relatively successful, but no production order followed. The Mirage-G program was discontinued in 1968. Flying the Mirage G, however, lasted until January 13, 1971. In addition to the two-seat, single-engine Mirage G, the twin-engine, single-seat Mirage G-8-02 and the two-seat, twin-engine Mirage G8-01 were also built. The Mirage G8-01 served as a template for the LTV V-507. Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV) was looking for experience with variable geometry wings in the Light Weight Fighter program (future McDonnell Douglas F / A-18 Hornet) and the VFX (future Grumman F-14 Tomcat) Program. The company decided to work with the aircraft manufacturer Marcel Dassault, who had just successfully completed the development of the Mirage G. In 1968, two contracts were signed for general cooperation and another for the variable geometry wings. For the VFX competition, the Mirage G-inspired prototype LTV V-507 was rejected in favor of the Grumman Model 303E / F, (F-14 Tomcat). The LTV V-507 Vagabond was to be powered by two Pratt & Whitney TF-30-P-412 post-burning turbofans.
Armament
- An M61A Vulcan in the left wing root.
- At 6 subhull stations AIM-54 Phoenix and or AIM-7 Sparrow
- On 4 side weapon pylons on the front fuselage and AIM-9 Sidewinder and / or AIM-7 Sparrow
- Reconnaissance container at the front middle lower trunk station (rear middle lower trunk station cannot then be used).
- 6 free-fall bombs at the 6 lower hull stations.
See also
- General Dynamics F-111
- Dassault Mirage G.
- Convair Model 44
- Dassault Mirage F2
- Grumman F-14
- McDonnell Douglas F / A-18
literature
- Robert E. Bradly: Convair Advanced Designs II , Specialty Press, ISBN 978-0-85979-170-0
- William Green: The Observer's Book of Aircraft . London. Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1968.
- William Green: The Observer's Book of Aircraft . London. Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1972. ISBN 0-7232-1507-3
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Dassault Aviation - Mirage G history www.dassault-aviation.com Retrieved: April 10, 2010
- ^ Green 1968, p. 78.
- ↑ Claude Carlier, Une formule aerodynamique gagnante. La grande aventure des «Mirage» à géométrie variable, 2, Le Fana de l'aviation, n ° 537, August 2014
- ↑ The Vought V-507. [1] ; Blast from the past .... Ling-Temco-Vought (LVT) V-507 [2] ; Vought designs the 1960s-1970s Archived copy . Archived from the original on September 3, 2016.