F-16 VISTA

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F-16 VISTA
Type	Experimental fighter
Manufacturer	General Dynamics (later Lockheed Martin)
Number built	1
Developed from	F-16 Fighting Falcon

The General Dynamics (now Lockheed Martin) F-16 VISTA ("Variable stability In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft") program, which ran from 1988 to 1997, began as a privately funded joint venture between General Electric and General Dynamics, to produce a Multi-Axis Thrust-Vectoring (MATV) variant of the Fighting Falcon.

The F-16 VISTA testbed aircraft incorporated a multi-axis thrust vectoring (MATV) engine nozzle that provides for more active control of the aircraft in a post-stall situation. The resulting aircraft is supermaneuverable, retaining pitch and yaw control at angles of attack beyond which the traditional control surfaces cannot change attitude.^{[citation needed]}

The VISTA program was considered successful, but the thrust vector control (TVC) never made it into production fighter versions.^{[citation needed]}

The program was also notable for the development of Direct Voice Input and the "Virtual HUD", which were both eventually to be incorporated into the cockpit design for the F-35 Lightning II.^[1] The STOVL F-35 variants also incorporate MATV while hovering to provide attitude control.^{[citation needed]}

Contents 1 Specifications (F-16C Block 30 - for comparison) 2 References 3 External links 4 See also

[edit] Specifications (F-16C Block 30 - for comparison)

Data from USAF sheet,^[2] AerospaceWeb^[3]

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 49 ft 5 in (14.8 m)
• Wingspan: 32 ft 8 in (9.8 m)
• Height: 16 ft (4.8 m)
• Wing area: 300 ft² (27.87 m²)
• Airfoil: NACA 64A204 root and tip
• Empty weight: 18,238 lb (8,272 kg)
• Loaded weight: 26,463 lb (12,003 kg)
• Max takeoff weight: 42,300 lb (16,875 kg)
• Powerplant: 1× Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-220 afterburning turbofan
  • Dry thrust: 14,590 lbf (64.9 kN)
  • Thrust with afterburner: 23,770 lbf (105.7 kN)
• Alternate powerplant: 1× General Electric F110-GE-100 afterburning turbofan
  • Dry thrust: 17,155 lbf (76.3 kN)
  • Thrust with afterburner: 28,985 lbf (128.9 kN)

Performance

• Maximum speed:
  
  • At sea level: Mach 1.2 (915 mph, 1,460 km/h)
  • At altitude: Mach 2+ (1,500 mph, 2,414 km/h)
• Combat radius: 340 mi (295 NM, 550 km) on a hi-lo-hi mission with six 1,000 lb (450 kg) bombs
• Ferry range: >3,200 mi (2,800 NM, 4,800 km)
• Service ceiling >50,000 ft (15,239 m)
• Rate of climb: 50,000 ft/min (254 m/s)
• Wing loading: 88.2 lb/ft² (431 kg/m²)
• Thrust/weight: For F100 engine: 0.898, For F110: 1.095

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• F-16XL number 1 photo gallery
• F-16XL number 2 photo gallery
• NASA report
• NASA Could Put The F-16XL Back In The Air (2007)
• Harry Hillaker — Father of the F-16

[edit] See also

Related development

• F-16 Fighting Falcon
• General Dynamics F-16XL
  

Comparable aircraft

• Rockwell-MBB X-31
  

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