New Air/Space Fighter

[docprice]

UCAVs are so inpersonal, I will always like piolited crafted.

[Juvat]

I've been trying to figure out a good configuration for the nacelles and I came up with something I like...well, at least more than the original way I had it.

Wondering if I should do forward swept wings or make a sort of delta wing setup like the SR-71. I was also throwing around the idea of a variable forward swept wing that'll kind of hide about half of itself in the fuselage during space flight of extremely high speeds in atmosphere. Ideas?

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[Meph]

Why not give it switchblade wings? Y'know like the stealths from the movie 'Stealth' or some veritechs from Macross. Basically it's a wing that can swing from a backswept wing all the way to a forward swept wing. that way you have a delta shape for fast flight, a straight wing for high altitude cruising and takeoff, and a forward swept wing for dogfighting and landing...

[Juvat]

Well, after a complete rework of the fuselage to accommodate blended wings I think I'm finally ready to move on. Being a n00b is very aggravating when you're trying to learn BASIC modeling technique. :P Now my problem is configuration of the engine nacelles. I've got four different variations and I'd like opinions on which I should use.

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I'm leaning toward either option two or three. Keep in mind that the "inlets" aren't really inlets. If I go with option three the lower openings will probably house some sort of cannon and the upper openings will be for reverse thrust.