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XV-4A hummingbird

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the only and 1st XV-4 in simple planes!

Yup this is the only and 1st XV-4 that exists in the simple planes website

The Lockheed XV-4 Hummingbird (originally designated VZ-10) was a U.S. Army project to demonstrate the feasibility of using VTOL for a surveillance aircraft carrying target-acquisition and sensory equipment.[1] It was designed and built by the Lockheed Corporation in the 1960s, one of many attempts to produce a V/STOL vertical take off/landing jet. Both prototype aircraft were destroyed in accidents.

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The first conventional takeoff flight of the first prototype, XV-4A (62–4503), took place on 7 July 1962. Initial tethered flight tests were carried out on 30 November 1962 with the first free hovering flight occurring on 24 May 1963. The first flight to transition from hovering to forward flight took place on 8 November 1963. 62–4503 was destroyed in a fatal crash in Cobb County on 10 June 1966.[2]

Lockheed modified the second prototype aircraft between 1966 and 1968 to XV-4B standard. The two Pratt & Whitney JT12 engines were replaced with six General Electric J85 turbojets, four of these units acting as lift jets. This aircraft crashed in Georgia on 14 March 1969; pilot Harlan J. Quamme escaped uninjured, using the ejection seat.

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General Characteristics

  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 36.3ft (11.1m)
  • Length 47.4ft (14.4m)
  • Height 17.4ft (5.3m)
  • Empty Weight 25,316lbs (11,483kg)
  • Loaded Weight 49,521lbs (22,462kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.361
  • Wing Loading 83.6lbs/ft2 (407.9kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 592.7ft2 (55.1m2)
  • Drag Points 7062

Parts

  • Number of Parts 92
  • Control Surfaces 9
  • Performance Cost 510
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    5,241 CirrusX

    @Pakdaaircraftindustries for what I’m doing after this current build that I’m working on, I wanna design my own aircraft from scratch. Never done that before.

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    @Pakdaaircraftindustries Yeah, the gyu

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    @SomeSPGuyWhoLikesLore ipharon? The guy that made the "artic fox" plane?

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    Ipharon is real?????? :ohmahgat:

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    @CirrusX yeah it's better to be original that upload something that is already common

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    5,241 CirrusX

    @Pakdaaircraftindustries I like to do that too. I build stuff that isn't as commonly posted here.

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    9,409 F16xl

    If the US built a BF-109Z in the 1950’s

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    @CirrusX while making this plane I realized, I didn't find any other XV-4A or XV-4B so I think it's special for me :)

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    @CirrusX yes

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    5,241 CirrusX

    Simple plen

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