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Concept of an interceptor Im gonna use in "Dogfight" picture. As usual coments most welcome :)
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Just to critique (and this is from an engineer not an artist....seriously as much as I try I cant create stuff like this, all my "art" is mathematical and conceptual based creative cleverness....not proper art.) But as someone mentioned earlier it is pretty bulky. What I have found is that people are more comfortable seeing highly aerodynamic things in the sky, and are less comfortable with bulk things floating in the sky. (In the words of Douglas Adams describing the Vogon ships; "They hang in the air in the same way that bricks don't"

If you watch the development of aircraft, there is an evolution towards shorter, thinner, more swept back (delta configuration) wings, as well as a couple experimenting with forward swept wings. I think you nearly nailed that idea in the winds (only thing I am less sure about is, is the ratio between the forward and tail sizes.)

The fuselage deviates from the expected though, with a more submarine like shape (exacerbated by the canards). What you would expect is from a military aircraft in the future, is for the fuselage to be much more aerodynamic and probably even helping generate lift. Stakes and vortex generators would also likely be present to control the flow around the aeroplane via means of coherent vortices.


......That is from an engineering perspective though. Ignoring my strive for aerodynamic perfection (dictated by my job lol), that is still pretty fucking cool.