That right, put them on the front or backwards and you have an unstable craft. To compare them side by side they would have to be up-scaled (2 person for the X-31) or down scaled (single piloted CF-105) and given the same advantages that the years don't allow for. It boils down to the design was too good and it wasn't American and that is who was going to be the builders of fighters. It's a parameter that cannot be totally disproved without some designers using that same basic design and updating it (and even modification that allow fot moving the wing up or down and even the general size if (retractable) canards are added. Wouldn't Canada hold some sort of patent on the delta wing config that far back?...and the positioning of those wings makes a huge difference in performance
wing, singular, two planes, two wings, one high one low, they are both delta wing designs lol
I'm no pilot, but my sons, who are the closest thing I have to one, to ask, say that a high wing is more stable and easier to fly, in principle.I'm thinking on-the-ground stuff too. Compare the stats....
How many Arrow flew?
How many undercarriage failures?
How many (insert your favourite here) flew (and still fly)?
How many undercarriage failures?
A high wing and fuselage combination vectors airflow into engine nacelles - vital at high altitudes
Much easier.... Flat-bottoms skid wa-aa-ay too easy.... ;-)I'm no pilot, but my sons, who are the closest thing I have to one, to ask, say that a high wing is more stable and easier to fly, in principle.
Is that true Lone?
The truth is that the development of missiles did ‘kill’the Arrow design, just not in the way people think. Traditionally, everyone points to the fact that even today, men are ‘in the loop’with aircraft, and missiles didn’t replace aircraft, only complemented them. This is all true, but the original requirement for the Arrow was to intercept Soviet supersonic bombers coming over the North Pole. Everyone envisioned fleets of these things flying south to lay waste to North America, and the Arrow as the shield. The problem was, when the Soviets started building missiles, they realized that they were cheaper to operate and maintain than manned bomber fleets, and the doomsday fleet of Soviet aircraft never materialized.
This sums the intent of the article...
Unfortunately I have to agree...The Arrow had a very finite roll.....The deve;lopement of the missle system demanded for it would of been a huge undertaking too..... Still , the Arrow could of been sold to those interested . The engine too. I remember watching the TV series of it where they proposed to use it as a launch viechle for satilites .....Still the scrapping the project was a waste of money as it could of brought other developements .
The Arrow was way ahead of it's time ...... just it's roll was outdated .
The truth is that the development of missiles did ‘kill’the Arrow design, just not in the way people think. Traditionally, everyone points to the fact that even today, men are ‘in the loop’with aircraft, and missiles didn’t replace aircraft, only complemented them. This is all true, but the original requirement for the Arrow was to intercept Soviet supersonic bombers coming over the North Pole. Everyone envisioned fleets of these things flying south to lay waste to North America, and the Arrow as the shield. The problem was, when the Soviets started building missiles, they realized that they were cheaper to operate and maintain than manned bomber fleets, and the doomsday fleet of Soviet aircraft never materialized.
This sums the intent of the article...
Unfortunately I have to agree...The Arrow had a very finite roll.....The deve;lopement of the missle system demanded for it would of been a huge undertaking too..... Still , the Arrow could of been sold to those interested . The engine too. I remember watching the TV series of it where they proposed to use it as a launch viechle for satilites .....Still the scrapping the project was a waste of money as it could of brought other developements .
The Arrow was way ahead of it's time ...... just it's roll was outdated .
It was average at best.The Arrow was an excellent fifties aircraft.
Beyong interceptor, bomber and recce, it was useless.The Arrow could have been fitted out for different rolls and it should have been.
You're right, we should have built hundreds, so we could watch the pretty girls rot on th ground.Throwing it away was really stupid since we had paid for it.
Pilots that actually flew it and engineers say differently.I don't believe that the Arrow was at risk at low altitude.
That's awesome for you Juan.You know bear, I flew the F-86 so I know a little bit about jet fighters.
No doubt. Look how many Canadians believe all the same silliness you've put forward.Jan Zurakowski, the chief test
pilot didn't find the problems you keep digging up.
No one wanted them.I can't think of anything Canada could have used them for, but we might have been able to build and sell them.
Maybe.I also think they would have made decent bombers and interceptors.http://www.fighter-planes.com/info/arrow.htm
At the time. That's no reason to ditch the entire issue. More Delta wings came out later.No one wanted them.
lol Zurakowski flew a Arrow to Mach 1.86 at 50,000 feet and at a climb rate of 44,000+ ft/min (better than the MIG 25 and the F-15 and almost as good a rate as the F-16) and we're talking about the late '50s and one of the earlier models.Maybe.
True, but cost over runs, a menace that didn't materialize, and other aircraft that could already do the job.That's no reason to ditch the entire issue.
And never saw a combat ready shakedown, or had a confirmed weapons system.lol Zurakowski flew a Arrow to Mach 1.86 at 50,000 feet and at a climb rate of 44,000+ ft/min (better than the MIG 25 and the F-15 and almost as good a rate as the F-16) and we're talking about the late '50s and one of the earlier models.
It also had a 10 ton cargo capacity.
So it could have been shelved.True, but cost over runs, a menace that didn't materialize, and other aircraft that could already do the job.
Didn't have much of a chance for that, did it?And never saw a combat ready shakedown, or had a confirmed weapons system.