N°1043 - In the gallant days of swing wing fighter planes

Editor's Note: This is a fighter with a mechanism that changes the shape of the main wing plane during flight, like the F-14 Tom Cat, in many cases, like taking off and landing. by modifying the recoil angle of the main wing,
Optimal lift can be achieved during low speed flight, high speed flight, combat, etc., and stability can be maintained.
It can be seen that jets appeared during World War II, and by adding a recoil angle to the main wings, its high-speed performance can be fully demonstrated.
But a dilemma has arisen in which low-speed performance and take-off and landing stability are impaired.
It wasn't an easy thing to do to say, "Then you should move the main wings!"
There were a lot of difficult issues to solve, such as technology that can correct for maneuvering characteristics that change as the main wing angle changes.
Its development progressed from the late 1950s to the early 1960s in the midst of the East-West Cold War.
And this effort bears fruit and flourishes in one fell swoop from the late 60s to the 70s!
This special Model Art n ° 30 presents the "variable-wing fighter" of the world:
- American F-111 Ardberg, F-14 Tom Cat, European Tornado,
- The former Soviet Union MiG-23 / -27, Su-17 / -22, Su-24 will be collected in the magazine!