The Northrop/McDonnell Douglas YF-23 was a prototype fighter aircraft designed for the United States Air Force. The YF-23 was a finalist in the U.S. Air Force's Advanced Tactical Fighter competition. The YF-23 lost the contest to the Lockheed YF-22, which entered production as the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.
The YF-23 was designed to meet USAF requirements for survivability, supersonic cruise (supercruise), stealth, and ease of maintenance. Designed with all-aspect stealth as a high priority. The YF-23 was an unconventional-looking aircraft with trapezoidal wings, substantial area-ruling, and a V-tail. Similar to the B-2, the exhaust from the YF-23's engines flows through troughs lined with heat ablating tiles, which shields the exhaust from infrared (IR) missile detection from below. The wing flaps and ailerons deflect inversely on either side to provide roll. Pitch was provided by movement of both V-tails, and yaw was supplied by opposite movement. Deflecting the wing flaps down and ailerons up on both sides simultaneously provided for aerodynamic braking.
- Item No: 81722
- Item Name: YF-23 Prototype
- Bar Code: 6939319217226
- Scale 1:48
- Item Type: Static kit
- Model Dimension Length: 445mm Wingspan: 292mm
- Total Plastic Parts: 90+
- Total Sprues: 4 sprues, lower fuselage and upper fuselage
- Chromeplate Parts: n/a
- Resin Parts: n/a
- Metal Parts: n/a
- Photo Etched Parts: n/a
- Film Accessory: n/a
- Released Date: 2013-08
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More Features:
- The kit consists of over 90 parts, includes 3 clear parts for canopy.
- Detailed fuselage & wing with accurate design
- Detailed gear cabin