LostCosmonaut Posted March 29, 2018 Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 Post all content related to the F-4 Phantom II here. JASDF Phantom video The F-4 started development as an F3H variant, and first approached a recognizable form in 1953. yep Zyklon and Sturgeon 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xthetenth Posted March 29, 2018 Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 Standard Aircraft Characteristics pages: F4H-1 Phantom SAC 1 February 1963 F4H-1 Phantom SAC 30 April 1960 F-4B 1 July 1967 RF-4B 1 July 1967 F-4J August 1973 F-4S May 1984 LostCosmonaut 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCosmonaut Posted March 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 So, as y'all might know, the Phantom II originally started as a development of the F3H Demon. I had been curious if there was a similar link between the Banshee and Demon. So far I have not been about to find one, although there are a couple proposals for swept-wing afterburning Banshees (the engine is not specified). Interestingly, the XF-88 and the F-101 share the same McDonnell model number (36). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCosmonaut Posted March 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 Another demonic McDonnell codename; Might be connected to the Hughes missile project with the same name, a cursory google search reveals little information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khand-e Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 Tiamat was originally a Goddess and later a massive serpent that represented the chaos of all creation, but not really a "demon" per say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCosmonaut Posted May 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2018 Looking around on the Secret Projects forum I found some interesting stuff about the McDonnell Model 265; https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,6933.0.html LoooSeR and Zyklon 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krieger22 Posted July 11, 2018 Report Share Posted July 11, 2018 Well, it's the 11th in my time zone, but better late than never. LostCosmonaut 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LostCosmonaut Posted October 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 V-3420 with extension shafts, the configuration that would have been used in the McDonnell Model 1 (pre-Moonbat) Collimatrix 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted October 25, 2018 Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 From a drag reduction standpoint, this seems like a sensible idea. What went wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCosmonaut Posted October 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 Concerns about cooling and the complexity of the drivetrain, I think. Also, it would have been McDonnell's first plane, so the design was probably a bit rough in the details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xlucine Posted October 27, 2018 Report Share Posted October 27, 2018 The resonances in the shafts would have been an interesting problem to deal with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Belesarius Posted December 30, 2018 Report Share Posted December 30, 2018 LostCosmonaut 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jeeps_Guns_Tanks Posted December 30, 2018 Report Share Posted December 30, 2018 The gunless Phantoms are so much prettier than the horrible looking Air Force birds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stimpy75 Posted December 30, 2018 Report Share Posted December 30, 2018 Jeeps_Guns_Tanks and LostCosmonaut 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meplat Posted January 5, 2019 Report Share Posted January 5, 2019 Still the plane I remember the most. A F-4 Phantom, to me, just looks right. And witnessing one shitting soot and fire while standing vertical on a column of pure stink and noise trying to avoid hitting the church steeple across from the home I grew up in, is something I'll never forget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Meplat Posted January 24, 2019 Report Share Posted January 24, 2019 On 1/7/2019 at 3:03 PM, Krieger22 said: Somewhere I have an old issue of "FLIGHT" (or similar) that talked about the RF-4J. That the old Sled could, in it's PR form, just burn away from most threats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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