Use the P&W F119 off the Raptor, add a little thrust vectoring, combine an exclusive electronic warfare suite and voila. Couple hundred billion later.mbav8r wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2020 3:38 pmIt was partly in jest, but my thought was building it as designed to see how advanced Canada was and actually comparing it to the technology of today, real comparison, not assumed. Of course this would require extremely deep pockets, which I don’t have but I’d kick in 20 bucks,iflyforpie wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2020 1:45 pm It would be great, but probably easier to design a better aircraft from scratch given the 65 years of advances in metallurgy and composites, aerodynamics, aircraft systems, and manufacturing processes.
And considering a modern fighter is nearly breaking the worlds best funded military, I don’t think a go fund me will cut it.
Then build it so it can be pilotless and Gen 6 ready.
I'm on board mbav8r.
