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fighterman35 — F-3A/B/C Shinden II
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looks good, its just that the layout of the top intake bugs me since in every other image I've seen, the sides of the intake mold into the fuselage
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perhaps its a bit like the F-35, hard to tell the difference between the various versions?
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Yeah, their differences are seems to be unknown...
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F-35A is conventional.
F-35B is the STOVL version with the cold-lift fan with a rotating vector nozzle at the rear.
F-35C is naval carrier variant with longer and foldng wings for better fuel storage, as well as an arresting hook and strengthened landing gear.
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So the ASF-X is also compared to F-35, except the Shinden's shape appears to be more unusual than I expected.
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Each version would have different frames/differences that may not be visible on the surface. The Shinden itself is a forward swept-wing fighter with variable tail surfaces, and it has a tandem engine config, unlike the normal side by side engines.
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Not only the Shinden that has its tandem twin engines, but British Electric Lightning also has its tandem twin engines, see this. cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation…
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What I meant is that the design is rare. Very few planes have tandem engines.
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Well, it is rare and yet, unusual.
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I think it's because the way the engine feeds are, it's a bit more complex than to fuel two side by side engines. It might be viable later however, as technology progresses.
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