Talk:Strategic Orbital Linear Gun/@comment-75.169.219.54-20111201022032/@comment-26164607-20161218055258

It needs a smaller wingspan to allow an aircraft to fly through the barrel. Consider the vetical tails as well.

An F-14's wingspan (all variants) is 64 ft 1.5 in when spread and 38 ft 2.5 in when swept. An X-29A's wingspan is 27 ft 3 in.

I don't think the F-14 could do it without maintaining a proper speed.