Convair F-102 Delta Dagger V.096

[+Veltro2k 6,351]

File Name: Convair F-102 Delta Dagger V.096

File Submitter: Veltro2k

File Submitted: 26 Apr 2009

File Updated: 28 Apr 2009

File Category: US Air Force Aircraft

 

Thanks to the following folks:

 

TK - For the ThirdWire series of sims.

FastCargo - For MAX file and data.ini modifications.

Wrench - For the loading/loadout screenies.

C5 - For the data.ini/FM inputs and F-106.

PappyChkSix - For the 196FIS skin.

Pasko, Kesselbrut, C5, etc - For the F-106 mod on which the cockpit and FM are heavily based.

ordway - For the F-106 cockpit skin mod to align it closer to the F-102.

 

Click here to download this file

[+paulopanz 2,871]

This plane is a real beauty.

 

You reach the top.

 

The shadows now are perfect and the hook works well.

The weapon bay and the rockets, too.

 

Bravo Veltro!!!

 

Paolo

 

 

P.S.

 

To see the plane far away, I changed F-102A.ini like this:

 

 

[LOD001]

Filename=F-102Ad.lod

Distance=500

 

[LOD001] <--------------- [LOD002]

Filename=F-102A.lod

Distance=8000

Edited April 27, 2009 by paulopanz

[FastCargo 412]

New file uploaded. Fixes several issues including rudder, some 'holes' in the mesh, etc.

 

FC

[Streakfalcon 57]

No Genie now? What about Nuke falcons?

Edited May 2, 2009 by ikon71

[FastCargo 412]

The F-102 didn't carry Genies operationally.

 

If you want to carry AIM-26s in the center bay, replace the [CenterMissileBay] entry in the data.ini with the following:

 

[CenterMissileBay]

SystemType=WEAPON_STATION

StationID=3

StationGroupID=3

StationType=INTERNAL

AttachmentPosition001=0.0000,-0.6163,-0.5748

AttachmentPosition002=0.0000,1.4313,-0.5748

AttachmentAngles=0.0,-2.0,0.0

NumWeapons=2

DiameterLimit=0.280

LengthLimit=2.15

LoadLimit=240.0

AllowedWeaponClass=IRM,SAHM,NUC

AttachmentType=USAF

ModelNodeName=CenterWepsBayPylonMountRail

MovingPylon=TRUE

RotatingPylon=FALSE

AutomaticDoors=TRUE

BombBayAnimationID=8

BombBayOpenTime=0.50

BombBayCloseTime=1.00

PylonMass=55

PylonDragArea=0.02

 

FC

[Streakfalcon 57]

Thanks man, of course youre right about the genie, just had it on the last version but aim26 works just as well. Great job on the bay animations guys, looks fantastic. IRL did the rockets fire from the sides of the doors from those little holes? Either way its sweet

[+Dave 2,321]

IRL did the rockets fire from the sides of the doors from those little holes?

 

Sure did.

[infernus 0]

Thanks for the Beautiful plane.

 

But what good is it in WOV, the only effective weapon was the Aim26A Nuke the pod rockets cannot hit a mig17 neither can the AIM4A B or C Falcons no wonder the spent Nam sitting on the deck at Ton Son Nhut and Da Nang. Where they there to deter Chinese bombers or what??

 

The 106 with the sharpshooter pack is a good plane but never actually went to Nam. looks like wikipedia explains my question

 

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

 

Jungle camouflage F-102As of the 509th FIS over Vietnam, November 1966.Later on, B-52strikes, codenamed ARC LIGHT, were escorted by F-102s based in thetheater. It was during one of these missions that an F-102 was shotdown 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 hit by an airto air missile, which did not explode immediately, but remained in theaft end of the aircraft causing stability problems. As the pilotreported his mechanical problem to his wingman, the wingman observedthe damaged Delta Dagger explode in mid-air, killing the pilot.^[13]The other F-102 pilot managed to shoot off some AIM-4s at the fleeingMiG-21s, but no hits were recorded. This was the only air-to-air lossfor the F-102 during the Vietnam War.

 

The F-102 was tried with limited success for several years in theair-to-ground role, although neither the aircraft nor training weredesigned for the role.^[14]The interceptor was equipped with 24 2.75 in (70 mm) FFARs in thefuselage bay doors. These could be used to good effect against varioustypes of North Vietnamese targets in daylight. At night it was lessdangerous to use heat-seeking Falcon missiles in conjunction with theF-102's nose-mounted IRST (Infrared Search & Track) on night timeharassment raids along the Ho Chi Minh trail.

 

Operations with both the F-102A and TF-102A two-seater (which wasused in a Forward Air Control role because its two seats and2.75 in/70 mm rockets offered good versatility for the mission) inVietnam until 1968 when all F-102 aircraft were sent back to the UnitedStates.

 

 

Edited September 22, 2009 by infernus