Ken Cartwright Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 My apologies if this has been posted, but I hadn't seen it. An interesting experiment increasing the speed of the Phantom, and maybe an interesting mod to try on a kit: http://www.tailsthroughtime.com/2012/07/the-mach-3-phantom.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slartibartfast Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 No mention of improving the windscreen and canopy. It's my understanding they were the speed limiting parts of the aircraft. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
southwestforests Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Interesting. A Phantom doing Mach 3, hmm, that's a thing I would have never guessed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moose135 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 1 hour ago, southwestforests said: Interesting. A Phantom doing Mach 3, hmm, that's a thing I would have never guessed. You apply enough thrust to something... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
southwestforests Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 3 minutes ago, Moose135 said: You apply enough thrust to something... ... and even a Phantom can fly. ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vince Maddux Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Good new, we can make a Phatom go Mach 3 Bad news, you only carry enough fuel to get to the crash site at that speed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 5 hours ago, Slartibartfast said: No mention of improving the windscreen and canopy. It's my understanding they were the speed limiting parts of the aircraft. Linked article mentioned polycarbonate crew enclosures. I’m thinking that they addressed this issue. Still might have been the limiting factor with regard to airframe heating though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 The F-4E(S) / F-4X was also touched on in this thread Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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