YF-23 'Black Widow II'

The Black Widow II is a fighter jet that distinguished itself by its very exotic (and beautiful) design and its level of stealth that no aircraft can match (including the F-22 and F-35). It also featured a very advanced fly-by-wire system that could sense every bump on the runway. A thing that made this aircraft very unique is that the YF-23 pav 2 (the grey ghost) had YF-120 engines that had variable bypass ducts. This means that the YF-23 could open and close specific bypasses in the engines on command. With this feature, the YF-23 could transition from flying efficient with air going through the bypasses, to flying with pure power with all bypasses closed and all the air going to the combustion area. The only other aircraft with variable bypasses is the SR-71 Blackbird and the A-10 Oxcart. Sadly, the pentagon turned down the YF-120, and instead went with the YF-119 which was more conventional without variable bypasses. At the end of the ATF at 1991 the YF-22 was chosen. After several years, Lockheed finished the production variant of the YF-22, the F-22 which now dominates the sky. Both YF-23 remained in storage after the ATF program was concluded, but in 1996 both airframes were transferred to museums (Dayton, Ohio and Torrance, La).

I still to this day believe it is superior to the YF-22 and i hope we will see some kind of resemblance in the NGAD-program.

Activation Groups

• Ag1 = Enhanced Maneuverability
• Ag2 = Arm Missiles
• Ag8 = Open Canopy

This plane features a fully functional cockpit for VR with built in navigation to all airports in the game. (Flip the Electrics and HUD switch on the dashboard to turn on the HUD)

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