Hi, not sure if anyone can help me but I am looking for some good 3 views of the NASA F15 Active, looking at the possibility of converting my F15 as I think it could be quite interesting.

I have attached one image I already have.

Thanks for any help.

Regards, Rob.

Hi Rob I will look in my F-15 documentation I think I have the three views for that plane cause i was thinking on doing that model and did all the research for it.

I will e-mail you direct to get your address so i can send them to you If i get to them.'


Regards..................Johnny Hernandez

Thanks Johnny, any info you have would be much appreciated.

Cheers, Rob.

The canards on this plane in real life were converted F/A-18 stabs. So, a good & easy way to start a conversion would be to find an -18 kitmaker that makes one in the same scale as your -15 and buy a set of stabs. Other than that this is mostly an F-15B or E,( 2-holer) I believe. Oh, and the exhaust nozzles are rectangular for exact scale.

Now that's pretty!!! Seeing that picture brings back some memories as that's the NASA facility right below the plane at Edwards, (Dryden Research Center) Worked there in the early very early 70's and was on graveyard when they brought out the first F-15 for testing. They had it on a flatbed with the biggest darn convoy of AP's and red lights you have ever seen and had to bring it through a gate at Nasa because of it's size. Hard to believe it was so long ago!!!!

I work at NASA Dryden, and the Model Shop where I work is attached to the hangar where the Active was based. They just moved it to another hangar, but I used to go by it all the time. The canards are F-18 tails, but the nozzles are not rectangular, they're round. They are vectoring nozzles, both in pitch and yaw.

It is an older model F-15, I believe converted to a two seater. I remember the crew chief telling me if they ever damaged a wingtip they would look me up, because the tips are made of wood.

You need to be careful if you install the canards. The CG will have to move quite a bit forward, and unless you move the landing gear forward, it might be tough to rotate for take-off. The Active has a Flight Control System that is constantly moving the canards. It's very heavy on the nosewheel, but with the canards it will still take-off quicker then a stock F-15. Without the FCS though, the CG will have to be moved forward from a standard F-15.

Tony, you are obviously correct. Hmm, could've sworn I read in Av Week about 2-d nozzles that could deploy reverse thrust on this thing a few years ago. Maybe it was a different program...

Anyway, Tony, shame on both of us for not just giving Rob this link. There's a whole program description from beginning to current - and don't miss the galley of pics.

http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Projects/active/index.html

OK, I wasn't losing my mind. The ACTIVE page states that the same aircraft was used for the F-15 S/TMD program, which is where the thrust reversing nozzles came in.

Many thanks for all the kind replies to my plea for help. I have attached a pic of the F15 in it's current state of build, all control surfaces are glassed and finished ready for paint. It uses 'real' ailerons and flaps as well as the usual upper fuz airbrake.

I prefer this method of control, Avonds '15' always seems to me to 'lurch' whenever a roll control input is made because of the tailerons I think.

Still looking for some 3-views and the Squadron Signals publication.

BRG,

Hi Rob,

If you still want some 3-views, and don't have the one I'm posting here, email me, so I can send it to you. The full-size GIF is large, around 280K...Too big to post here, full-size.

Cool project!