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<blockquote data-quote="Grulla" data-source="post: 2416568" data-attributes="member: 5064"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/erik.simonsen83" target="_blank">Erik Simonsen</a>What Might Have Been: A conceptual view of an operational U.S. Navy/Rockwell FV-12A supersonic STOVL fighter. With the retirement of Admiral Zumwalt on 1 July 1974, the Sea Control Ship (SCS) fell out of favor. This essentially eliminated the need for a small VSTOL fighter. Rockwell only tested the vertical lift mode and this hurt the XFV-12A concept. It should have been flown in the conventual mode first, and then tested in the STOVL mode- vertical lift is inefficient. Both AV-8B Harrier and F-35B JSF use the STOVL mode. An uprated engine would have greatly improved VSTOL performance. As a supersonic STOVL, both the USN and USMC could have used the aircraft. Chapter 9 in the book &quot;Project Terminated&quot;by Erik Simonsen.<img src="https://scontent.faep8-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/11312821_10203290581540358_2058277985015993027_o.jpg?_nc_cat=0&amp;oh=4d87c3037d66615bad4af55f91914cc5&amp;oe=5B87225C" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Grulla, post: 2416568, member: 5064"] [URL='https://www.facebook.com/erik.simonsen83']Erik Simonsen[/URL] What Might Have Been: A conceptual view of an operational U.S. Navy/Rockwell FV-12A supersonic STOVL fighter. With the retirement of Admiral Zumwalt on 1 July 1974, the Sea Control Ship (SCS) fell out of favor. This essentially eliminated the need for a small VSTOL fighter. Rockwell only tested the vertical lift mode and this hurt the XFV-12A concept. It should have been flown in the conventual mode first, and then tested in the STOVL mode- vertical lift is inefficient. Both AV-8B Harrier and F-35B JSF use the STOVL mode. An uprated engine would have greatly improved VSTOL performance. As a supersonic STOVL, both the USN and USMC could have used the aircraft. Chapter 9 in the book "Project Terminated"by Erik Simonsen. [IMG]https://scontent.faep8-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/11312821_10203290581540358_2058277985015993027_o.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=4d87c3037d66615bad4af55f91914cc5&oe=5B87225C[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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