Talk:Swing-wing
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[edit] F-14 not designed to be maneuverable
I am not able to correct this article because someone inists, without documentation, that maneuverablity was not a design goal of the F-14. I will not pursue this, but it does need to be fixed because this assertion is not only flat out incorrrect but nullifies the single most important design feature and goal of the aircraft. See F-14 talk for series of positive evidence for design to agility, and lack of citations that say, in so many words, the F-14 was not designed to be agile. A web search on F14 and maneuverability brings up this page, and it's simply massively incorrect.--Wiarthurhu 22:15, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Rename?
My source (okay, so it's a TV show) calls them "'Switch-Wing' Aircraft", and so do many games and mods thereof. This not only sounds better but I think it's what the airforce calls it. Nobodymk2 01:50, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Toy
Is there an article about the swingwing toy?
[edit] F-111B
It seems to me that describing the F-111B project as "disastrous" is just pure opinion. It was abandoned merely because the aircraft ended up being heavier than the US Navy would have liked,and it could be argued that it was a successful design otherwise. As to "abortive", it was abandoned late enough in the project that USAF and RAAF production versions still have provisions for all of the carrier-based gear, for example rear arrestor hooks and provisions for launching bar mounts on the front landing gear. I propose these both just be changed to the more neutral "cancelled", if there's no major argument —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Quadbox (talk • contribs).
- Seems reasonable...do it! Akradecki 15:56, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
