F-102 Delta Dagger by Veltro2k

[DWCAce 19]

Excellent progress!

[+Veltro2k 6,315]

OK Guys its 0 Hour!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Have a Volunteer to Skin need someone to Map the model !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Also a Volunteer to MAP and Skin the Foxhound,,, Else its staying on my computer

[xrearl 27]

Can someone tell me the technical difference between the f-106 and F-102?? they look similar

http://webs.lanset.com/aeolusaero/Articles...t%20history.htm

[+Veltro2k 6,315]

OK Guys its 0 Hour!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Have a Volunteer to Skin need someone to Map the model !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Also a Volunteer to MAP and Skin the Foxhound,,, Else its staying on my computer

 

 

 

Cue in the theme music from the film " THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY " :whistle2:

[+Dave 2,318]

OK Guys its 0 Hour!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Have a Volunteer to Skin need someone to Map the model !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Also a Volunteer to MAP and Skin the Foxhound,,, Else its staying on my computer

 

PM Jimmybib he can map.

[crl848 9]

http://webs.lanset.com/aeolusaero/Articles...t%20history.htm

 

Good site, I know of Chris Carey from the flight helmet world. He is one of the authorities.

[+Soulfreak 6,351]

OK Guys its 0 Hour!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Veltro, have you someone who skins the F-102 in SEA-Sheme???

[mppd 16]

When I see the deuce for WOV, I can supply markings for every unit that TDY'ed in SEA, and most serial numbers too (Da Nang, Bien Hoa, Tan Son Nhut and Don Muang). The two coded units from Clark (PK- 509th FIS, PE- 64th FIS, and early dets with grey birds from the 509th Clark and 82nd FIS from Naha).

 

Mike D. - deuce freak forever!

[+Jug 99]

Can someone tell me the technical difference between the f-106 and F-102?? they look similar

The fuselage shape is considerably different in that the transonic characteristics of the aircraft are much better with the "coke-bottle" shape of the fuselage. The 102 fuselage is rather straight and the 106 is quite shapely. The intakes are a bit further aft and larger on the 106. The vertical tail on the 106 is chopped somewhat like the B-52G and H tail is chopped as compared to the B-52D. Most of the other changes are to accomodate a much larger and more efficient J-75 engine in the 106. Convair took the 102 back to the shop, made it all around better and called it the 106. I think these are what I know from the conversations that I have had with 106 drivers that ended up flying the U-2 with me. Is this the answer you are looking for?

Edited August 24, 2008 by Jug

[+76.IAP-Blackbird 3,545]

Yes it is .. thank you. ;-)

[Lil' Flighsim 0]

So, after this plane, your going to make the F-106 Delta Dart next? I'll love to fly both planes.

 

Never mind, there's already a F-106.

Edited August 26, 2008 by Lil' Flighsim

[+Veltro2k 6,315]

Never mind, there's already a F-106.

 

 

and a nice one too

[+Soulfreak 6,351]

found this side....

F-102 Profiles

[+Veltro2k 6,315]

found this side....

F-102 Profiles

 

KEWL

[+Viggen 517]

How goes the Delta Dagger if you don't mind me asking Velto?

[kct 5]

Let it be a mystery for now, it seems.

[dsawan 613]

Bump! Just did not want this thread to go under. was reading about its Vietnam servicde. See here:

 

[edit] Vietnam service

The F-102 served in Vietnam, flying fighter patrols and serving as bomber escorts. A total of 15 aircraft were lost in Vietnam: one to air-to-air combat,[3] several to ground fire and the remainder to accidents.

 

Initially, F-102 detachments began to be sent to bases in Southeast Asia in 1962, when radar contacts that were detected by ground radars were thought to possibly be North Vietnamese Il-28 "Beagle" bombers, which was considered a very credible threat during that time period. F-102s were sent to Thailand and other nearby countries to intercept these aircraft if they indeed threatened South Vietnam at any time.

 

 

F-102As of the 509th FIS over Vietnam, November 1966.Later on, B-52 strikes, codenamed ARC LIGHT, were escorted by F-102s based in the theater. It was during one of these missions that an F-102 was shot down by a North Vietnamese MiG-21 using an AA-2 Atoll heat-seeking missile. The MiGs approached undetected, and one of the F-102s was shot down. The other F-102 pilot managed to shoot off some AIM-4s at the fleeing MiG-21s, but no hits were recorded. This was the only air-to-air loss for the F-102 during the Vietnam War.

 

The F-102 became fairly heavily used in the air-to-ground role.[citation needed] The interceptor was equipped with 24 x 2.75-in FFARs in the fuselage bay doors, and these weapons were used to good effect against various types of North Vietnamese targets. Additionally, heat-seeking Falcon missiles used in conjunction with the F-102's nose-mounted IRST (Infrared Search & Track) were employed on night time harassment raids along the Ho Chi Minh trail.

 

Operations with both the F-102A and TF-102A two-seater (which was used in a Forward Air Control role because its two seats and 2.75-in. rockets offered good versatility for the mission) in Vietnam until 1968 when all F-102 aircraft were sent back to the United States

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-102_Delta_Dagger

[kct 5]

That is probably the most interesting part. A pure interceptor doing a role it wasn't built for? Amazing.

[dsawan 613]

Interesting to see them used by Greece and Turkey. Possible mod for a Turkish-Cypriot conflict for sfp1 or 2.

 

http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_298.shtml

[+rebel ryder 4]

With this the 100 series is completed, is very good looking, Veltro. Thanks.

Well lack an F-100 Wild Weasel two-seat Freeware I think it was the F-100F to Vietnam.

Usually you pilot a sort Nervous and a copilot who was called Bear.

[colmack 659]

just a quik bump wondering how she is doing

[+Veltro2k 6,315]

just a quik bump wondering how she is doing

 

waiting on my man Jimmy B

[mppd 16]

Still hope to see this soon. Let me know if I can help Ed.

 

By the way, I can't locate the exact thread that I posted comments on my skepticism about the use of the F-102 in Southeast Asia in the air-to ground role (if it wasn't deleted by the moderators) but I just wanted to apologize about my being WRONG. The recent post by Killerbee about declassiffied sortie records for aircraft in SEA shows more F-102 strike missions than I can count (up until the spring of 1966) - scanning the records shows 2.75 inch rockets expended only, but I have not looked at them all.

 

I never would have believed it unless I saw it with my own eyes. My sincere apologies again.

 

Mike Druzolowski

[+Veltro2k 6,315]

Bout to give up on this one....need some FM help here please

 

[+suhsjake 11]

What about the F-106 FM for temporary use?