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Friday, March 11, 2011

General Dynamics F-16 VISTA

F-16 VISTA
The VISTA/MATV aircraft in formation with the X-31 (middle) and the F/A 18 HARV (top)
Role Experimental fighter
Manufacturer General Dynamics
(later Lockheed Martin)
Number built 1
Developed from General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
The General Dynamics (now Lockheed Martin) F-16 VISTA ("Variable stability In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft")
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]

 

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Specifications

The F-16 VISTA is a Block 30 F-16D based on the airframe design of the Israel Air Force version, which incorporates a dorsal fairing running the length of the fuselage aft of the canopy and a heavyweight landing gear derived from the Block 40 F-16C/D. The fairing houses most of the variable-stability equipment and test instrumentation. The heavyweight gear will permit simulation of aircraft with higher landing sink rates than a standard F-16.
Orthographically projected diagram of the F-16.
Data from USAF sheet,[2] AerospaceWeb[3]
General characteristics
Performance

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