Talk:AIF/@comment-10905876-20150920054534

-Marshall-Lewis design study meeting-

Person 1: "The trend that the navy and IKAF seem to want is extreme speed, at the expense of maneuverability. The Spitfire two provided good speed, but also had reasonable handling, it is a good dogfighter. The Starfire however, has poorer handling due to the high speed design of the thing. It's a great starfighter to be sure, but it lacks the atmospheric handling to be effective against other, more agile, fighters."

Person 2: "And IKAF wants an even faster aircraft. They think that we can get Mach nine from an improved Starfire variant. Combat maneuvers at that speed would be impossible! The pilot would either black out, the plane would disintegrate, or it'd simply not turn. Likely a combination of the first two. Only wide, looping turns would be possible."

Person 3: "So, what do we do?"

Person 1: "If we could produce a plane that outperforms the Starfire and the Spit Two, we could possibly shift the doctrine of one or both branches. What would be needed is extreme maneuverability, but still good speed, probably in the same range as the Spit Two's maximum."

Person 2: "A variable sweep wing might work. That also would be very popular with the navy. I think we should work on them first, they are more open than the Air Force to new aircraft. And I think the Spit Two from could be adapted to the job nicely."

Person 3: "I'll have another design team work on a forward swept wing design, it might also prove worthwhile. Also, the new Spit Two D model is nearly ready, she's already more maneuverable than the other versions of the plane. Bigger control surfaces."

Person 1: "Let's get to it then."