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- From: prb@access.digex.com (Pat)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re: fast-track failures
- Date: 16 Dec 1992 22:33:51 GMT
- Organization: UDSI
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- References: <1992Dec13.182843.9876@ke4zv.uucp> <Bz7wLM.6s8@zoo.toronto.edu> <1992Dec14.145351.14521@ke4zv.uucp>
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- In article <1992Dec14.145351.14521@ke4zv.uucp> gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman) writes:
- >In article <Bz7wLM.6s8@zoo.toronto.edu> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:
- >>
- >>Just which aircraft were you thinking of, Gary? I can think of one
- >>aircraft that had a bad performance shortfall but was redesigned and
- >>continued into a successful program (the F-102). I can't think of
- >>*any* F-series "gap" in the last 40 years that fits your description.
- >
- >were market failures. Actually I was thinking of the P-39 when I
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- Actually another case was the YB-49 and YB-50? those were
- northrops flying wing prototypes, the turbo-prop and the jet versions.
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- They actually flew but had trouble with range, and power. the prop job
- needed twin counter rotating props to really develope thrust.
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- Plus there were enormous political problems witht he Air Force on the
- birds. Too bad, the effort broke jack northrop and he never got to
- see his vision carried off in the B-2.
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