F-16 SFW Swept Forward Wing

F-16 SFW
Swept Forward Wing

In 1976 DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Agency project) has been awarded funds to General Dynamics, Rockwell, and Grumman under Wing Forward - Swept wings sweep forward, drag the poor and to improve low-speed characteristics. manage But they are very difficult to produce using conventional techniques. The use of advanced composite materials to make the wings rigid enough to withstand the stress brought on by the same aerodynamic and weight avoid punishment.

General Dynamics engineer who designed many of the studies is one with wing Canards and aft. Final design submitted to DARPA at the wheel and parts of the body most of the F - 16 but it was long and slightly stronger for the wing-forward sweep is attached to the wing, new. slightly larger. The traditional wing.
SFW/F-16 be rejected by DARPA in January 1981 in favor of the Grumman 712 (F-5/F-20 derivative) to determine the X - 29A decision is mostly political, a lot of thought experiment. scenes at NASA has been heavily dominated by Dynamics F'16s - (AFTI, CCV, F - 16XL) more at syllogism that "one can learn so much from the same body," but in retrospect. returned, the trial continued with the F - 16 that seem to prove this wrong. It is interesting to note that the design is selected, X - 29A consists of approximately 16% of the components of F - 16 and the Fly - by - wire flight control system.
The F - 5 of the body were chosen for this project, developed in all this stop.