Michael_Edelman%Wayne-MTS@um.cc.umich.edu (03/06/90)
From: Michael_Edelman%Wayne-MTS@um.cc.umich.edu Jim Sisul asks for pictures of Rutan's new plane. One can be found in the current issue of US News & World Report, with a brief story. More details can be found in the current Popular Science, in a story about Rutan. The interesting details so far are: -Engine intake offset to the right to avoid gun exhaust ingestion; -20mm cannon offset to the left; -composite construction; -max speed around 500 kt; Rutan claims the plane should be alble to go one-on-one with current air superiority fighters owing to its extreme manuverability, small radar image and cannon, but the primary mission is ground support. At an estimated $2M per copy, it's intruiging. You could put 10 in the air for the cost of on F-16.... michael_edelman%Wayne-MTS@um.cc.umich.edu medelma@waynest1