Jig Peter
Remember the TSR2, anyone ? (and I think, the F-104, as well as the Buccaneer).
Way back then, the problem of getting good-enough low speed handling combined with high-speed performance was solved by flap blowing.
That's correct, and as I understand it the TSR-2's takeoff (or landing, I forgot which) speed was around 140 kts despite it's heavy wing-loading.
If I recall correctly, and I don't know why this is so, the increase in lift is substantial, but roll authority doesn't increase in proportion with the increase in lift -- at least that's why I've been told it wasn't used as liberally on USN carrier planes though that could be some bullschite I was told (which makes it even less comprehensible that the USN didn't make more liberal use of it -- the USN did use blown flaps).
Harley Quinn
Okay, if it could pull 7.33g's I don't understand why there was any issue with producing a lightweight swing-wing mechanism...
What g-load was the XF10F-1 stressed to?