[ORLIK 037] XF-85 Goblin

Looks great!

Do we also get a B-36 oder XB-35 with which the XF-85 was supposed to fly? ;-))

Old Rutz

HI,

eine herrliche Konstruktion. Orlik macht sich einmal mehr um Abwechslung im Modellbau verdient.

Zaphod

Hallo Leute,
die Goblin gibts offensichtlich in zwei Versionen. Einmal "kreda" (Kreide) und einmal "matowy" (matt ???)
Hähh, ist das nicht dasselbe? Ich hatte gerne eine in Metalldruck. Kann mir wer helfen?

Gruß
Jan

Hallo Jan,

ich finde jetzt das P/D Wörterbuch nicht, aber kann "kreda" auch glänzend heißen ?

René

Ok, sieht also so aus, als wäre kreda die glänzende Version. Dankeschön.

Hmm, wo kaufe ich die Modelle jetzt nur... :]

I remember the original of this aircraft very vividly. Read about it in Popular Mechanics (Swedish edition) sometime around early-mid fifties, when I was around 10 years of age, and it's stayed in my memory since then.

Today, I wouldn't be so charmed about the whole setting of that era, but the memory of my own impression is still cherished. - L.

Hello Leif,

did the Goblin ever fly?

Zaphod

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Original von Jan Müller
Ok, sieht also so aus, als wäre kreda die glänzende Version. Dankeschön.

Hmm, wo kaufe ich die Modelle jetzt nur... :]

Moin Jan,

wenn du noch warten kannst, dann bei der GPM-SB. Falls du es nichtmehr aushältst, vielleicht hat ja dein Hausdealer Moduni das Teil schon auf Lager?

Zaphod - If you are to take my memories as a ten-year old of photos in Popular Mechanics in the 50's as reliable witness, yes, the Goblin really flew. I remember vividly a photo of the aircraft docking into, or being released from, the B-36.

Here's more reliable info (source):

In the late 1940s, the desire to incorporate the World War II lessons of fighter escort with the intercontinental bomber led to the development of the XF-85 Goblin parasite aircraft, designed to fit into the bomb bay of a B-36 using a trapeze assembly for launch and recovery. However, the XF-85 proved unstable in flight-testing with a B-29 mother ship (fig. 3). Subsequently, the Air Force experimented with B-36s carrying F-84s on a trapeze assembly and with towing the fighters using a wingtip-attachment mechanism. Needing more intelligence during the early part of the Cold War, the service shifted its emphasis on the parasite from fighter escort to reconnaissance; for a very short period of time, the Air Force operated a GRB-36 squadron that carried RF-84 fighters using the bomb-bay trapeze assembly. Technical limitations and advancements in air-to-air refueling ended the services experimentation with parasite-fighter projects. However, these B-36 experiments demonstrated the feasibility of using a trapeze assembly as a launch-and-recovery mechanism for the AAC UCAV, projected to be tailless and only four feet thick.

[Figure below:] XF-85 Goblin and B-29 mother ship. The McDonnell XF-85 Goblin program sought to provide the B-36 Peacemaker with a fighter for self-defense that the bomber could carry entirely within its bomb bay. An EB-29B replaced the B-36, which was not available for flight-testing. Because of turbulence, only three of seven flights resulted in successful captures. (Parasite Fighter Programs: Monstro and the XF-85 Goblins, Goleta Air and Space Museum, http://www.air-and-space.com/goblins.htm.)

Hello Leif,

thank you very much for your information. That explains the strange tail.

Now to wait for a B-29 or B-36 with the trapeze!

Zaphod

Hier noch ein deutscher Link für Interessierte -> http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_XF-85

War ein sehr interessanter Prototyp und ich werde mir den Bogen sicher auch holen.