Оффтопик:
Чепкин хвастался, что ещё для МФИ двигатель пятого поколения был готов
Оффтопик:
Чепкин хвастался, что ещё для МФИ двигатель пятого поколения был готов
"If the forces of big business are to plunge this country into a saturnalia of extravagance for war purposes in a time of peace it is my notion that the forces of big business should put up the money." - Representative Warren Worth Bailey, Feb 1, 1916
второй прототип ака Grey Ghost летал с General Electric YF-120
также один из YF-22 в одном из демо-полётов с ними летал:
While the YF120 engine never went into production, it was installed in the YF-22 used for the high angle of attack demonstration program as part of the ATF competition. During this demonstration, the YF120 powered aircraft flew, trimmed, at 60 degrees angle of attack at 82 knots. At this attitude the aircraft was able to demonstrate controlibility. Later analysis revealed that the aircraft could have maintained controlled, trimmed flight up to 70 degrees angle of attack.
(Barham, Robert (1994). THRUST VECTOR AIDED MANEUVERING OF THE YF-22 ADVANCED TACTICAL FIGHTER PROTOTYPE. AIAA-94-2105-CP.)