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Published: 2008-07-04 06:14:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 2501; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 151
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The F-1X was a concept devised by the Mitsubishi firm, as a design for an Air Superiority Fighter to replace the F-4 Phantom in JASDF service.It never left the design stage however, as the immediate availability of the (then) new F-15 Eagle meant that Japan could have an aircraft in the same performance class as the F-1X, but without the lengthy development, creation of new technologies from scratch, or the inescapably high unit cost of an F-1X.
It's an amazing design that I've never seen outside of an official scale model, and a single piece of artwork (can't seem to find a link to it...), so I made a 3-view of this aircraft as well.
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Such a shame they didn't go through with it. From your schematic it seems to be very different then the F-15: smaller, my guesstimate is around 13 meters in length, delta-canard configuration and dual stabilizers would have given it super-maneuverability with high angle-of-attack maneuvers and high lift at low angles of attack as a consequence which would have allowed it to conserve energy in turns as well as makingΒ tighter turns. They also seem to have given stealth a lot of considerationΒ with reduction of RCS visible in the canted vertical fins and overall shape and they also have given IR stealth a thought with the shielded engine nozzles. This thing would have eaten F-15s for breakfast and launch and would probably have taken a nibble at the F-22 for dinner.
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Do you recall if the engine nozzles were more rounded or more squared? in your drawing they almost look vectorable.
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I believe they are "half-shell"-style nozzles, like those used on the YF-23 Black Widow II --- they didn't seem to be thrust-vectoring to me.
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Cool! Thanks, I'll keep that in mind when I whip it up.
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Ooh, a very cleanly done schematic of an interesting aircraft design.
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Thanks.
It took a lot of trial and error to come up with the system I use now.
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You're welcome. Keep up the good work.
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to me it looks a bit like a F-18cx but good job 
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Thanks!
I'd provide you with a link to the original concept art that I based this off of, but I can't remember for the life of me where I saw it...
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