Talk: YF-23 Black Widow II

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YF-23 bomber

reference: http://63.99.108.76/ubb/Forum2/HTML/006523-2.html (scroll to the bottom) forum thread contains the Flight International article, though the flightinternational.com link appears to be dead ✈ James C. 02:56, 2004 Jul 30 (UTC)

"more maneuverable"

"...it is often claimed that the YF-23 was...more maneuverable...than its competitor..."

is that actually a frequent claim? i have never heard it. what would be the reasoning behind that claim? the YF-23's lack of thrust vectoring alone makes it seem quite dubious to me that it would be more agile than the YF-22 (particularly in the post-stall regime), however i am not an aerodynamicist. ✈ James C. 03:08, 2004 Jul 30 (UTC)