Parasite - The Most Bizarre US Air Force Aircraft Ever Tested - XF-85 Goblin
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- Опубліковано 28 кві 2021
- The McDonnell XF-85 Goblin has been called the most bizarre aircraft ever built.
In an era of spirited aircraft exploration, the US Army Air Forces approved the creation of a parasite jet fighter designed to eject out of a Convair B-36 Peacemaker to combat interceptor attackers and protect its mother ship. The fighter would then return and dock back into the bomber.
The outlandish concept was conceived as far back as the 1930s, but the project resurfaced at the end of World War II. A new crop of bombers was being developed, and their escort fighters were becoming obsolete.
McDonnell Aircraft then introduced us to the Goblin, a 5,600-pound egg-shaped aircraft that became the smallest jet-propelled fighter ever assembled.
Two prototypes were built, and a decorated pilot was chosen to perform the tests-the promise to revolutionize air combat held by a thread.
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The balls on early Cold War test pilots often interfered with their plane's weight distribution.
as a former McDonnell Douglas employee who has seen both of the XF-85's, I have to say that I'm impressed with the accuracy and detail in this video! Well done!
"Arch! I've just been shot down by the most cutest wittle baby fighter"
So, three hookups out of seven attempts... even a Goblin has a better dating life than I do...
Once you've dive bombed a battleship you'll do anything, apparently.
Wow. Imagine being the only person in history who has flown that plane. What a feeling that would be..
I've actually seen the Goblin in person before. It's even smaller than it looks.
"The weirdest fighter of all time"
New pilot “I wanna be a fighter pilot!”
The pilot called it the “wobbly goblin”, the short distance between the wings and tail meant a little input made a lot of change.
Can you imagine how hard a Mig 17 pilot would have been laughing while he shot this thing down?
''What a stupid idea''
I don't think I will ever
I live about 45 minutes away from the National Museum of the USAF at Wright Patterson AFB. The place is massive and it has an entire hangar of experimental aircraft and tech demonstrators including this. If you somehow stumble upon Dayton Ohio it’s a must see
Heck yea, the goblin, boy oh boy am i glad you made a video on this Dark.
Man, Edward Shock was some kinda bad-ass to keep trying something so demonstrably dangerous.
I had the pleasure of seeing one of these in person at my local museum, it was a lot smaller than I had originally thought
Let’s appreciate the fact that this guy successfully pulled off endless emergency belly landings in what was an unstably short body.
He survived having his canopy and oxygen supply ripped off at 20,000ft? I would say that's impressive but that would be an understatement.
Without the huge red ellipse in the thumbnail I would not have noticed that Goblin.