Global Aircraft -- F-15 ACTIVE
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F-15 ACTIVE Specifications
| Primary Function: |
experimental - Advanced Control Technology for Integrated Vehicles |
| Contractor: |
McDonnell Douglas |
| Crew: |
Two |
| Unit Cost: |
N/A |
| Powerplant |
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Two higher-thrust version Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-229 engines (with newly developed axisymmetric thrust-vectoring engine exhaust nozzles) rated at 29,000 lbs. of thrust each at full power |
| Dimensions |
| Length: |
63.7 ft, excluding flight test nose boom |
| Wingspan: |
42.8 ft |
| Canard span: |
25.6 ft |
| Height: |
18.5 ft - F-15 |
| Weights |
| Empty: |
35,000 lb |
| TOW: |
47,000 lb |
| Performance |
| Speed: |
Mach 2.0 (speeds limited to Mach 1.2) |
| Ceiling: |
60,000 feet |
| Range: |
N/A |
| Armament |
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N/A |
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F-15 ACTIVE Achievements
- The F-15 ACTIVE demonstrated the first supersonic yaw-vectoring flight
- The F-15 ACTIVE demonstrated the first pitch and yaw thrust vectoring at speeds up to Mach 2
- The F-15 ACTIVE was the first two-seat F-15 built by McDonnell Douglas
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