Old Viper Tester Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 (edited) Just noticed that Sprue Brothers have the Hasegawa 1/72 NF-15B ACTIVE/IFC in stock. The Box photo shows it in NASA markings. When the aircraft first showed up at Edwards AFB it was as the Short TakeOff and Landing - Maneuvering Technology Demonstrator (STOL-MTD). I assume the Hasegawa kit has the stock cylindrical engine exhaust nozzles and some F-18 horizontal tails for the canards. Probably a lot of work to back date it to the STOL-MTD, but I'd like to try it some time. Here are some images of the aircraft arrival at Edwards in June 1989 - original configuration with two-dimensional vectoring exhaust nozzles and YAPS nose boom... Couldn't swing my camera fast enough! Note the canard actuator fairings on top of the intakes. At the Edwards open house four months later... 2-D nozzles replaced with circular nozzles and the YAPS boom is gone. Thanks for looking, Sven Edited November 2, 2017 by Old Viper Tester Updated info. 16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 Although I only do WW2 RAF aircraft, your photographs are really interesting. Thanks for posting them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Dot Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 thanks for posting and keep the old pictures coming Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Great and rare photos! Wonder what the results were from the tests! No canards on the Raptor but 2d nozzles... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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