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Originally Posted by Camaro_Corvette
They got to figure out what is wrong first before they can continue to build more. From what I understand there was way too many problems with oxygen system.
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There's almost too much new stuff on the plane, similar to the SR-71, it was so ahead of it's time. I mean the only reason it never went faster was due to the tolerance of the wings, the heat was so great the performance had to be decreased. Then again, it bled oil like a stuck pig due to the seals having to be built with expansion of airframe at speed, and burnt so much fuel taking off it had to be refueled immediately after takeoff.