GodSaveTheUSA73 0 Posted December 31, 2008 i was dorking around on the computer as one normally does when bored and stumbled across something that really got my attention...the MBB Lampyridae. Designed to be a missile fighter for Germany in the 80's, it is said to have had a RCS less than that of the F-117. i managed to find a 3-view* and very few other pictures. i think it looks very similar to the f-16 and could maybe have very similar flight characteristics. has anyone else seen this thing? *it is a large picture. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MigBuster 2,875 Posted January 2, 2009 Nahn never seen such a thing - Looks like Defender out of the 1980s arcade game lol - or a paper airplane even! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fallenphoenix1986 603 Posted January 2, 2009 Heard of it though dont know too much about it. I believe it got a far as full scale mock-up before being cancelled though. Craig Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mladuna 0 Posted January 2, 2009 (edited) Here's a couple of links on the aircraft. I think it was just a technology demonstrator, as it was too small to carry any useful ordinance. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MBB_Lampyridae http://www.f-104.de/exponates/english/exp_...yridae_eng.html http://www.janes.com/extracts/extract/jawa/del00876.html http://www.rp-one.net/lampyridae/lampy.html Edited January 2, 2009 by Mladuna Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JediMaster 451 Posted January 5, 2009 You can make any claims you want about a plane that was never built. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
winterhunter 0 Posted January 5, 2009 You can make any claims you want about a plane that was never built. AFAIK, the RCS was measured in a full-scale mockup and was better than the F-117, even though at those levels, better is always very relative since almost any "damage" (up to getting the plane "coated" by pigeons ) during operations will change the RCS dramatically for worse. The best mantained and operated plane would have been the stealthier. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fubar512 1,350 Posted January 5, 2009 I highly doubt that the RCS was better than a '117's...look at that tall, flat vertical stab. No stealth design has one. Also, by the early 1980s, low observable technology had progressed away from faceted surfaces to the conformal designs that one sees in the B-2, F-22, and the F-23. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
