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The XF-85 "Goblin" was created by McDonnell Aircraft to be a parasitic aircraft utilized by modified Convair B-36 to defend it from enemy fighter jets. It was cancelled after numerous tests and seven total flights showed that docking the jet back into the bomber required near veteran skill to do so, with Edwin Schoch having to belly land it three times, being the only pilot to fly the jet. It's speed would have been 648 mph at the most, but the turbulence from being inside the bomber could have proven too great for the jet. Also it had only an armament of four M3 Browning machine guns with it, missiles or bombs could have been attached in later models but it wouldn't have occurred, since the USAF cancelled the project on October 24, 1949.

But what if it wasn't? What if the project wasn't cancelled and was removed from the parasitic fighter role and redesigned to be a reconnaissance or jet fighter? Could this have any effect on the USAF at all?

*Pulled from Wikipedia*


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*Quoted from Wikipedia*

Specifications:
Crew: 1
Length: 14 ft 10 in (4.5 m)
Wingspan: 21 ft 1 in (6.4 m)
Height: 8 ft 3 in (2.5 m)
Wing area: 90 sq ft (8.3 m²)
Empty weight: 3,740 lb (1,700 kg)
Loaded weight: 4,550 lb (2,050 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 5,600 lb (2,500 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × Westinghouse XJ34-WE-22 turbojet, 3,000 lbf (13.3 kN)

Performance:
Maximum speed: 650 mph (estimated) (565 knots; 1,069 km/h)
Service ceiling: 48,000 ft (14,600 m)
Rate of climb: 12,500 ft/min (3,800 m/min)
Wing loading: 51 lb/sq ft (247 kg/m²)
Thrust/weight: 0.66
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