Boeing Wins T-X Competition!

Now that is one pretty airplane!

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Priller
 
Wow! Beautiful indeed. Looks like a cross between an Starfighter and a Raptor love child. Will love seeing someone make this for simulation, payware or otherwise.
 
That's who I was hoping would win! I can't wait to see it in aggressor colors; they, the USAF, plans on using some of them as aggressor aircraft. Also, don't forget the Swedes will also be flying these as they helped design and build it.
 
Just an FYI, for anyone who doesn't already know, the landing gear is from an F-16. JIC you thought it looked familiar. ;)
 
Sweet! Who's started modeling this?

So glad that this one won.

Though it would have been amusing if the Leonardo, basically a variant of the YAK-130, had won, for obvious reasons.
 
Note this is not only Boeing, SAAB plays also major part in this design (psssttt don't tell the big bosssssss). :very_drunk:

Marcel
 
...actually SAAB designed (and manufactured) almost half of the aircraft.
Anyway, I thought about making a T-X for FSX/P3D, but drawings and information are still scarce.

The selection of the Boeing-SAAB design was not a big surprire IMHO: I thought that the Lockheed Martin was a better, less risky and potentially cheaper proposal but Lockmart has to deliver the F-35 and I guess that considerations about industrial plans, work share and occupation had a part in the decision.
The Leonardo T-100 has never been a serious contender: although it seems a great trainer, the twin engines made it much more expensive than competitors - which seems to be one of the reasons why Raytheon abandoned the project...leaving Leonardo (a non-american company) to bid on its own.
 
strykerpsg said:
Wow! Beautiful indeed. Looks like a cross between an Starfighter and a Raptor love child. Will love seeing someone make this for simulation, payware or otherwise.
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It's definitely a love child :biggrin-new:. I was thinking Alpha Jet and Hornet.
 
Can't say I'd been following the competition too closely, though I did have my money on the KAI/Lockheed T-50 given that it is still largely of US origin, has comparable performance and an established track record.
 
For the record, I invested some money on a commercial mesh and had a close look at all the cockpit videos and photos... there is not enough material to create a reasonable simulation, but there is enough to start a project...and hopefully we will have more details on the MFD and other stuff soon enough... will post some screens once I have it the sim!
 
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