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YF-23 Black Widow II -WIZARD-

68.6k Homemade1  4.3 years ago

The Northrop/McDonnell Douglas YF-23 is an American single-seat, twin-engine stealth fighter aircraft technology demonstrator designed for the United States Air Force (USAF). The design was a finalist in the USAF's Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) competition, battling the Lockheed YF-22 for a production contract. Two YF-23 prototypes were built, nicknamed "Black Widow II" and "Gray Ghost".
In the 1980s, the USAF began looking for a replacement for its fighter aircraft, especially to counter the USSR's advanced Sukhoi Su-27 and Mikoyan MiG-29. Several companies submitted design proposals; the USAF selected proposals from Northrop and Lockheed. Northrop teamed with McDonnell Douglas to develop the YF-23, while Lockheed, Boeing and General Dynamics developed the YF-22.

The YF-23 was stealthier and faster, but less agile than its competitor. After a four-year development and evaluation process, the YF-22 was announced the winner in 1991 and entered production as the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor. The U.S. Navy considered using the production version of the ATF as the basis for a replacement to the F-14, but these plans were later canceled. The two YF-23 prototypes were museum exhibits as of 2010

Control :

AG1=open missile bay
The rest is normal flight control

Feature :

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This is the cleanest weapon bay i ever made
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The second aircraft on the thumbnail :

F-15C -CIPHER-
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Note :

this aircraft flight characteristic is beetween ace combat manuver and realistic manuver, so it more manuverable than irl but not as manuverable in Ace combat, can be say as balanced, and also this is one of my plane that very easy to land

Sorry for technical issue on the control surfaces, i reupload new and fixed one

Have fun

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General Characteristics

  • Successors 2 airplane(s)
  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 29.3ft (8.9m)
  • Length 45.1ft (13.7m)
  • Height 10.7ft (3.3m)
  • Empty Weight N/A
  • Loaded Weight 9,426lbs (4,275kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 7.152
  • Wing Loading 43.8lbs/ft2 (213.8kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 215.3ft2 (20.0m2)
  • Drag Points 5050

Parts

  • Number of Parts 260
  • Control Surfaces 2
  • Performance Cost 1,022
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    @Homemade1 lah indo to

    1.2 years ago
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    68.6k Homemade1

    @Fachri789 gtw

    4.3 years ago
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    280 FACHRI789

    Widow itu artinya janda ya?

    4.3 years ago
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    @Homemade1 hmmm, good

    4.3 years ago
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    68.6k Homemade1

    @TheSupermeAvicenna its already requested

    +1 4.3 years ago
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    @Homemade1 lol idk, whatever you say buddy, I think xfa-27

    4.3 years ago
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    68.6k Homemade1

    @TheSupermeAvicenna agree buddy, we need to remake them from the ground, but wait until i finish all 23 plane on my list...lest see what next..typhoon?, gripen?, rafale?,hmm harrier?, ok maybe harrier

    +1 4.3 years ago
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    @Homemade1 too bad buddy, the twisted our eagles need be reset

    4.3 years ago
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    68.6k Homemade1

    @TheSupermeAvicenna i know

    4.3 years ago
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    Your cipher's eagle is underrated buddy

    4.3 years ago
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    68.6k Homemade1

    GODAMMIT!! Fine....i gonna make a forum bout that

    4.3 years ago
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    19.9k Renameduser4

    @Homemade1 Su-47 Mimic when??

    +1 4.3 years ago
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    1,559 CapCipher

    @Homemade1 ok

    4.3 years ago
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    68.6k Homemade1

    @TOMJeb117 after cariburn and CF-44

    4.3 years ago
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    1,559 CapCipher

    @Homemade1 XFA-27 when

    4.3 years ago
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    68.6k Homemade1

    @DualizedRain later, after raven, falken, fenrir, apalis, F-16, F-14, F-5, MIG-29, rafale, Harrier etc

    4.3 years ago
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    cfa-44 when

    4.3 years ago
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    @BagelPlane my reasoning for YF-23 is that it’s more stealthy than the F-22, and in the future, speed/maneuverability will be useless if you aren’t stealthy enough, as no matter how fast or maneuverable you are, someone can easily lock onto you with missiles that have a 20+ mile range. However, with a stealthier design, this is much more difficult for the opposing aircraft(s)

    4.3 years ago
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    24.1k BagelPlane

    @AWESOMENESS360 the “more conventional” plane always seems to win. The Raptor won, it has a conventional wing setup and shape. The F-35 also won, and it too have the conventional wing setup. The YF-23 and X-32 were unique, but didn’t win.

    4.3 years ago
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    41.8k Ren

    AWESOME!

    4.3 years ago
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    The YF-23 Black Widow should’ve won instead of the F-22 Raptor.

    Change My Mind.

    4.3 years ago
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    This is epic. I wish the YF-23 became a production model. So its great to have good-looking one here

    4.3 years ago