Vought Model 1600
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The Vought / General Dynamics 1600 Series was a proposal for a future fighter aircraft for the United States Navy's Navy Air Combat Fighter Program (NACF) . The model was a marine derivative of the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon, but lost to the Northrop / McDonnell Douglas F / A-18 Hornet.
development
After the victory of the YF-16 over the Northrop YF-17 Cobra for the US Air Force's ACF competition, General Dynamics found that a “navalized” variant would also win the Navy Air Combat Fighter Program (NACF) could. Since the company had no experience with carrier aircraft, General Dynamics worked with Vought (LTV Aerospace). LTV Aerospace had developed the successful F-8 Crusader and Vought A-7 II carrier aircraft for the Navy . Had the design been chosen, Vought would have produced the naval version of the F-16.
LTV created three concepts for the Navy F-16. The main proposal was the Concept 1600, which was based on the F-16 Block 10. It would have had structural reinforcement, a catch hook, and a more robust landing gear to cope with the loads of takeoff and landing on the carrier. The Pratt & Whitney F401 would have come into play in this concept , but two other engine types were also examined. Concept 1601 used an improved Pratt & Whitney F100, while Concept 1602 would have incorporated the General Electric F101 . The aircraft was to be equipped with AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missiles and launch rails for AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles were to be attached to the sides of the air intake . The Navy preferred, among other reasons, a twin-engine aircraft and on May 2, 1975 chose the Northrop-McDonnell Douglas Model 267, based on the Northrop YF-17 Cobra. The McDonnell Douglas F / A-18 Hornet emerged from the Northrop McDonnell Douglas Model 267.
Technical specifications
by Secret Projects: Fighters & Interceptors 1945–1978
General properties
- Crew: 1 (Trainer 2)
- Length: 16 m
- Wingspan: 10.1 m
- Height: 5.09 m
- Wing area: 34.3 m²
- Max. Takeoff weight: 14,166 kg
- Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney F401 with afterburner
variants
- Model 1600
- A reinforced version of the F-16 Block 10 with catch hooks for aircraft carrier missions and a revised nose wheel. Powered by the Pratt & Whitney F401 (JTF22A-26C)
- Model 1601
- Similar to the 1600 model, but equipped with an improved Pratt & Whitney F100 (JTF22B-25) with afterburner
- Model 1602
- Similar to Model 1601, but with a General Electric F101 -100, a further enlarged fuselage, different avionics and armament.
- Model 1602B
- Final filing in March 1975; this version of all the proposals differs most from the original F-16.
See also
Related developments
Comparable aircraft
literature
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- Williams, Anthony G. and Dr. Emmanuel Gustin. Flying Guns: The Modern Era . Ramsbury, UK: The Crowood Press, 2004. ISBN 1-86126-655-3 .