The XF-85 was swiftly canceled, and the prototypes were thereafter relegated to museum exhibits. Flight tests showed promise in the design, but the aircraft's performance was inferior to the jet fighters it would have faced in combat, and there were difficulties in docking. The prototypes were built and underwent testing and evaluation in 1948. The XF-85 was a diminutive jet aircraft featuring a distinctive egg-shaped fuselage and a forked-tail stabilizer design. This was to address the limited range of existing interceptor aircraft compared to the greater range of new bomber designs. The XF-85 was a response to a USAAF requirement for a fighter to be carried within the Northrop XB-35 and B-36, then under development. McDonnell built two prototypes before the Air Force (USAAF) terminated the program. The XF-85's intended role was to defend bombers from hostile interceptor aircraft, a need demonstrated during World War II. It was intended to deploy from the bomb bay of the giant Convair B-36 bomber as a parasite fighter. The McDonnell XF-85 Goblin is an American prototype fighter aircraft conceived during World War II by McDonnell Aircraft.
XF 85 SERIAL NUMBER
XF-85 serial number 46-523 in the National Museum of the United States Air Force Part of a network of sites that includes GlobalFirepower, a data-driven property used in ranking the top military powers of the world, (World Directory of Modern Military Aircraft), (World Directory of Modern Military Warships), and, detailing the history of the world's most iconic spyplane.Experimental parasite fighter XF-85 Goblin Please direct all other inquiries to militaryfactory AT.
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The other resides at the Strategic Air and Space Museum in Ashland, Nebraska.Ģ022 Military Pay Scale Army Ranks Navy Ranks Air Force Ranks Alphabet Code DoD Dictionary American War Deaths French Military Victories Vietnam War Casualties One of the two XF-85 Goblin prototypes was shipped to the United States Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio for display.
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With only two prototypes constructed and flying, the program was cancelled. The one - and major issue - reported by pilots of the XF-85 was in the aircraft retrieval process which proved to be impractical when put into practice. The XF-85 proved to be a stable platform that required very little extended flight knowledge for any pilot to fly her. The first flight of the XF-85 Goblin prototype occurred on August 23rd of 1948. Power was derived from a single J34 type turbojet mounted at rear with a noticeable intake front of the fuselage. Crew accommodations amounted to a single pilot. Armament for the XP-85 consisted of a 4 x 12.7mm (.50 caliber) machine gun array. Should an emergency had arisen for the diminutive Goblin, a steel skid was installed underfuselage (along with runners at the wingtips for additional landing support) for emergency landings. The Goblin was to be air dropped from a bomber, fly to and engage targets as needed, then return to the bomber by meeting up with the bomber's retractable hook and trapeze combination. The system featured the post-war development of swept back wings (pioneered by the Germans throughout World War Two) and were of 37 degrees sweep. The XF-85 featured a most basic aerodynamically friendly design with very little in the way of external features. Nevertheless, the XF-85 Goblin was - at least in the eyes of McDonnell engineers - to be the first successful attempt, though in practice the retrieval process proved to be too impractical and the program was therefore limited to just two prototypes and fully scrubbed. The basic theory revolving the parasite fighter was not a new one for development of such a fighter was already attempted by German scientists during the Second World War. The XF-85 Goblin was an attempt by the McDonnell bureau to realize the dream of a "parasite fighter" program that was actually feasible for use in a wartime environment.