Yes that is how all missiles work
its more of a direct comparison of the two missiles and there are plenty of transonic planes with the 9B
that i wont do bc im not booting up war thunder
welp, i tried,… and it’s even better than that - launch at IAS 1200km/h got a M2.26 on a slightly diving missile
seems like the AIM-9B need a bit of tweaking.
It was many factors, not just “poor performance”. They were superceded by AIM-26 wherever possible which performs fine even in-game.
Falcons themselves stuck around until the 80s.
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could add aim26 or change it name to f106f and give it aim26 that would be better ?
Nuclear device = no
… The AIM-26B uses a conventional warhead.
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he didn’t precised the variant.
even then, i’m not even sure the AIM-26 was even used by F-106’s.
It said to have been in use on J-35’s and F-102’s, but nothing suggest they were used by F-106
it might be because the internal weapon bay of F-106 might be too small
It can, it replaced the MB-1 Genie’s launch rails; though IIRC the installation of the Gun fairing uses the same volume already, so since we’ve got a “Six-Shooter” airframe it’s already in use.
it can’t be implemented in War Thunder, if not it wasn’t done IRL, in such:
GAR-11 = AIM-26 in USAF designations, before they changed it.
was incorporated in service from 1961
F-102 SAC from August 1962 :
Shows 1 or 2 GAR11 (aka AIM-26) possilbe on the F-102 (instead of the 4x AIM-4)
Link:https://web.archive.org/web/20171017161522/http://www.alternatewars.com/SAC/F-102A_Delta_Dagger_SAC_-_August_1962.pdf
F-106 SAC from November 1964 :
Shows no AIM-26 or GAR-11
Link:https://web.archive.org/web/20171017221237/http://www.alternatewars.com/SAC/F-106A_Delta_Dart_SAC_-_November_1964.pdf
AIM-26B SAC from May 1964:
Doesn’t speak of F-106, but only the F-102.
Link:https://web.archive.org/web/20171017141409/http://www.alternatewars.com/SAC/AIM-26B_Falcon_SMC_-_May_1964.pdf
still as a reminder:
the AIM-26 is bigger and larger than AIM-4’s last variants - which might explain why the F-106 never recieved AIM-26 in the first place.
Results : no AIM-26 for F-106
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Buddy, look I know I’ve seen the mounts drawn up in the omnibus that is the Convair files, it will just take me a while to find them, and produce the excerpt(s) don’t forget that the F-106 was only retired from service in 1988 ~1989, '62 is pretty early on in its service life to be making definitive claims about an airframe that is circa '85 at least.
If you feel like looking for yourself while you wait to be proven wrong, feel free to peruse them at your leisure, or don’t.
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In the first document:
1st part
no mention of GAR-11
no mention of AIM-26
In the second document:
1st part
no mention of GAR-11
no mention of AIM-26
There is no way you looked through all ~10k (at minimum) pages of the linked assorted documents in 30 minutes
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there is a Search function, you know?
i searched by every “AIM” “GAR” “11” and “26”
all i found in the documents was GAR-1A or GAR-1B.
AH my bad, i found the problem of my search function,… it doesn’t check all 10k pages,… but i’ll check and tell you after.
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So,… after more seach:
F-106A/B never carried AIM-26 or AIM-47
but the F-106C/D and F-106E/F were intended with the ability to carry both weapon.
however none were massively produced.
the F-106A/B recieved several updates:
IRST
New cockpit instrumentation
Streamlined Fuel tanks
but as i told you already, F-106 never recieved the AIM-26A or B
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yet, it’s talking of F-102B, not F-106
And the functional difference between the F-102B and F-106 is?
really?
both aircrafts are similar, yet completely different from one another,…
it’s like talking of F4F Wildcat and F6F Hellcat → similar yet different.
don’t assume they got the same internal space/avionics or shit simply because they’re similar and made by Convair.
Of course they are similar, they are the same aircraft.
On June 17, 1956, the designation of the F-102B was changed to F-106A.
The F-106 all-weather interceptor was developed from the Convair F-102 Delta Dagger. Originally designated F-102B, it was redesignated F-106 because it had extensive structural changes and a more powerful engine. The first F-106A flew on December 26, 1956, and deliveries to the Air Force began in July 1959
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and this? we have no information at all about the changes in the weapon bay.
also more than 1000 F-102 were built, but only 346 F-106 were ever made.
so i still doubt that there is AIM-26 onto F-106