jamespejam

Thanks for the info, man. Would not be able to find such information as a "google search researcher" myself. Well, it means that this would actually be possible to be done by our buddies in Belsimtek if they ever want to, but probably as a loadout option that would move some sensors/stacks elsewhere. Not a half an hour job. I can only cross fingers and hope we have shown there´s a point here. It would definitelly improve the product´s attractiveness in the shelf.

Could you share where do we find such info? in the documentation file from Belsimtek there´s no specification of which exact version of the "E" we have, but as you mentioned the curved fin, I assume they were developped as the USAF F5-E Agressor, without the refueling probe. Nevertheless, even the F-5A operated by Canada and later by Venezuela were fitted with the air refueling probe, and the F-5 was built with a certain level of modularity. In a brief research it seems like several export versions were fitted with this feature; Canada / Venezuela / Botswana (F-5As) Brazil Chile Morocco Saudi Arabia (F-5Es with agressor-styled fin) Singapore (Also agressor style, but known to have being extensively upgraded) Tunisia Important to notice that some F-5 operated by the USAF had it, but fitted to the left side of the fuselage: http://thempirestwilight.wikia.com/wiki/F-5_Freedom_Fighter Just think it would be a nice addition to the already nice product offered by Belsimtek, without being unrealistic/unnacurated. :)

Raising this post again. I´d also love to see an air refueling probe on my F-5E too. But no, paying even more only for the probe would not be an option to me.

That looks clumsy! But I dont´t think the RD-33 would fit in the F5 airframe, it weights around 1 ton (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klimov_RD-33), while the original J85 barely reaching 200 Kg each (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Electric_J85). Maybe it would be possible in a single engine version, as the unsucessfull F-20 did (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_F-20_Tigershark). Interesting that the double-tailed F-18 is an indirect development of the F-5 through the YF-17 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_YF-17), when the F5 got an higher mounted engine to be able to carry more load, and the double vertical stabilizator was added, I guess due to the new aerodynamic/load package. However the general idea of remanufacturing the Tiger is quite interesting as the F5 proved to be a reliable supersonic light fighter that many air forces around the world are finding it hard to replace within their national budgets, and the brazilian F-5E"M" with modern avionics, the singaporean F-5 "S" that can operate the AIM-120 and the chilean F-5 "III" with helmet mounted display being nice late improvements to this nice machine.