The ultimate Toy: The amazing Lightning F3

[Souichiro]

Imagine taking two really powerfull engines.... Stacking them on top of each other. lengthening the fusuelage to include some fuel and space for the pilot. Stick insanely swept wing and stuff on it and what do you get?

..:: PURE JOY ::..

Needed a bit so I took her off....


Had to annoy the folks at edinburgh a bit


QUITE a bit  ;D


Finally hetting a bit higher...


This thing was famous for it's climbing abilities


A classic pose


Sheer beauty!


A lightning in the skies over england? Hopefully!




NEXT up The Tornado

Lightning F3 by mr Ito and textures by UKMIL both availible at simv.. I added the nav lights myself.

[gooneybird]

I don't know...  :-/  not too keen on the externals being on top of the wings like that. I like the sleek look and that to me just looks like they ran outta room to put 'm... but it's all in everyone's opinions

[gooneybird]

btw... I forgot that those are some nice shots/angles

[Souichiro]

Thanks! And they didn't have more room insinde But basically they're like droptanks but instead of underneath the wing they're on top of it.

[gryshnak]

The Lightning was a thirsty beast, those drop tanks were necessary!  At idle, it consumed 7 gallons a minute.  On reheat, it was 14 gallons per second  :o

But the result was incredible power - pilots had to climb steeply to avoid sonic booms over populated areas on the way up!

Late last year a Lightning in Cape Town set a new time-to-height record by going from a standing start on the runway to 29,800ft (higher than Mt Everest) in 103 seconds.  And the pilot was disappointed because one of the reheats had a flame-out on the way up, otherwise it would have been faster.  Not bad for Cold War technology!

Gryshnak

[cspyro21]

The Lightning was a thirsty beast, those drop tanks were necessary!  At idle, it consumed 7 gallons a minute.  On reheat, it was 14 gallons per second

But the result was incredible power - pilots had to climb steeply to avoid sonic booms over populated areas on the way up!

Late last year a Lightning in Cape Town set a new time-to-height record by going from a standing start on the runway to 29,800ft (higher than Mt Everest) in 103 seconds.  And the pilot was disappointed because one of the reheats had a flame-out on the way up, otherwise it would have been faster.  Not bad for Cold War technology!

I must say Gryshnak, that was an interesting post! I never knew a lightning was such a gas guzzler

Great pics of a super aircraft Soui!

[Souichiro]

[quote]The Lightning was a thirsty beast, those drop tanks were necessary!

[F3Hadlow]

Awesome, simply the greatest English jet fighter of all time

[waspiflab]

Second shots makes me want to puke

[congo]

You can't really call them droptanks can you now.......

Err..... what would you call them? Drop up tanks?  

[Tweek]

Beautiful Can't get much better than the Lightning!

[EGNX]

Absolutely astonishing aircraft or AAA for short  :o  8)

[gryshnak]

[quote]You can't really call them droptanks can you now.......

Err..... what would you call them? Drop up tanks?

[kipman725]

all ruined by the crappy nav lights  ???

[Souichiro]

[quote]all ruined by the crappy nav lights