The Rockwell XFV-12 was a prototype supersonic United States Navy fighter which was built in 1977. The XFV-12 design attempted to combine the Mach 2 speed and AIM-7 Sparrow armament of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II in a VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) fighter for the small Sea Control Ship which was under study at the time.

In this video, I go over the history of the Rockwell XFV-12 - a plane that was supposed to lead a new generation of supersonic, mach two capable VTOL fighter jets for the US Navy, but literally...

2023年3月17日 · The XFV-12 was a truly remarkable design. Instead of using thrust vectoring nozzles directly fed from the engine, as with the Harrier, or that of its Soviet contemporary, the Yak-38, which used both vectoring exhausts and static, downward directed jets just to provide VTOL, the XFV-12 used ducts to direct exhaust from the engine through vents ...

2014年7月3日 · The XFV-12A was born of a requirement to combine both the speed and armament of the heavy air-superiority F-4 Phantom II with the versatility of the Hawker Siddeley Harrier jump jet, back when the Sea Control Ship idea was …

2023年11月3日 · The XFV-12 was envisioned as a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) fighter, combining the speed and armament capabilities of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II with the agility required for the Navy’s Sea Control Ship (SCS) project.

2019年1月29日 · The Rockwell XFV-12 aircraft was a proposed design attempting to fulfill a United States Navy (USN) requirement for a VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) supersonic fighter. Though a promising concept, the XFV-12 was tested in extremely limited circumstances and proved to be a failure by the early 1980's.

2023年2月2日 · The Rockwell XFV-12 was a prototype supersonic US Navy fighter built in 1977 Photo: RedRipper24. The XFV-12 didn’t have a conventional tail. Instead, it used endplates fixed to each wingtip as vertical stabilizing surfaces. It also …

The Rockwell XFV-12 was an American prototype of a supersonic carrier based VTOL (Vertical Take-off and Landing) fighter, promising on the paper, the XFV-12 proved as a failure in the practice, being rejected in favor of the British Hawker Siddeley Harrier.

The Rockwell XFV-12 was a prototype supersonic United States Navy fighter which was built in 1977. The XFV-12 design attempted to combine the Mach 2 speed and AIM-7 Sparrow armament of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II in a VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) fighter for the small Sea Control Ship which was under study at the time.

2023年4月7日 · Chief among them is the Rockwell XFV-12. This intriguingly futuristic fighter jet was intended to be able to perform vertical takeoff and landing, but couldn't live up to the promise anticipated...