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Such little wings ?? Compared to what ?I'm curious why they designed it with such little wings...
It's weight...Such little wings ?? Compared to what ?
First of all, that's F-105 (I remember the weight figure 35637 -- autistic spectrum presents odd skills)...F-101: wing area - 368 sq.ft. empty weight - 28,495
F-106: wing area - 385 sq.ft. empty weight - 35,637
You're avoiding the point.First of all, that's F-105 (I remember the weight figure 35637 -- autistic spectrum presents odd skills)...
Key Field is a joint use ANG base/ regional airport in Meridian MS. It now hosts an aerial refueling group, but the 186th used to be a Tactical Reconnaisence Group with RF-101s and RF-4s. From the looks of the roll top chainlink fence in the background, I would guess it's part of the "back forty" of the ANGB. (And probably not officially open to civilians.) Lax security?? You wouldn't want to get caught wandering around the "back forty" on my state's ANGB. They take security seriously! (Been to 'raq , been to A'stan, repeatedly.)Is it abandoned on private land or is it still on government land?
I see some familiar looking fence and buildings in the background.
For a plane like the F-105 maybe you're right, but for a plane that's designed for high altitude operations (i..e escorting bombers) it was crazy high.You're avoiding the point.
For it's era, and mission, the F-101 didn't have especially small wings.
I suppose you are right and wrong in your own ways. The F-100 was a supersonic follow-on to the F-86.Apples and oranges.
No, I based the wing area figures and dimensions on several aircraft: The most obvious being the Grumman D-97 which was a contender to OS-130 (the F8U). It lost out to the Design 98 (F11F) because of the fact that the USN was probably not going to fund both designs simultaneously, and the F11F was originally known as the XF9F-8 and XF9F-9tyrodtom said:So now you think you're a aircraft designer Zipper?
Did some checking here, and found that you're sort of right. When the order was made for the F-101A, they also contracted for an all-weather interceptor variant.While the F-101 was still in it's design phase, ( not the F-88 ) it's planned armament was the AIM-2 Genie, a 1.5 kiloton yield, nuclear missile.
CoolI performed maintenance on Genie rocket motors when I was at Hill AFB, Utah, in 68-69.
As a general rule to get more lift out of a give lifting surface, you'd increase the aspect and taper-ratios: Abruptly increasing the taper-ratio can yield tip-stalls if not designed right; excessive aspect-ratios produce aeroelastic problems that would be compensated for by beefing up the structure: The problem would be easier to deal with on bombers, that are designed to pull g-loads of around 3.0-5.25 ultimate; for fighters, these numbers are around 9.0-10.995g ultimateYou're serious , you took a carrier able aircraft as a example as to the wing loading the F-101 should have ???
Okay, I can do thatLet's stop this stupid sideshow Zipper and let the original poster get back to posting interesting info about the F-101.