F-14D, stupid event, that kinda stuff lol.
I just didn’t want to put it on suggestions and come across overly harsh. Even if I disagree with their ideals on vehicles to add, they’re still people who swam upstream to get their suggestion published.
18- and 36-rocket pods are interesting, any idea what rocket those are? I thought FFAR at first but those pods are for 19 rockets.
My guess is that the 18- and 36-tube rocket pods were likely planned pods unique to the F-107A, to be domestically produced in the United States.
I don’t think an 18-tube rocket pod ever existed. The same applies to the 36-tube pod, although there were French-made 36-tube SNEB rocket pods. However, as far as I know, the US never ordered or imported that type of rocket pod.
My top forgotten plane got a suggestion and has 23 comments in 3 days, nice.
Unfortunately this feels like a special vehicle, which should be there instead of F-11F for example
I had sent Nost some drawings in my copy of Air Force Legends 203, and they certainly are unique FFAR pods for the F-107A. What they actually are is still unknown to me, since the one drawing that has them is just a drawing.
IT DOES I can’t unsee it now. Sharp salamander lol
Okay so I want to make a more in-depth response to consolidate the information that Nost and I have put in this thread. Some time ago I wanted to make a suggestion for the F-107A like this, however I wanted to get as much information as possible and this was prevented due to not having the FHB-10-1A Secret Supplement to FHB-10-1, which would contain all the information related to flight performance, armament, and FCS. Whether or not this actually exists (or still exists if so) is completely unknown to me, and the only way to figure that out is if you go through either USAF records or Boeing archives (they’re the ones that absorbed everything related to NAA now). Given that it’s been 69 years since the termination of the program, I think it’s safe to ask for it.
First of all, the armament options. The FFAR rocket pods are more of an enigma than anything. In theory the pods should be standard like the others we have seen had the aircraft seen production, however the pods seen in my aforementioned statement are unlike any we’ve seen before.
Rocket pod drawing
(Something to note in this drawing is the single gun fairing. During development of the F-107, 3 gun armaments were proposed: 1x T171 20mm rotary cannon (M61), 2x T182 30mm revolving cannons, or 4x 20mm M39 cannons. The T171 with 800 rounds was the original proposal, however the development of the weapon was plagued with issues and an alternative was sought. The T182 cannon remained in development and the structural changes required for them led TAC to adopt the M39 armament instead.)
Second, the wing and centerline stores are a bit more specific with what they can carry. The centerline was designed for a 500-gallon semi-submerged tank or a 250-gallon saddle tank with a TX-28 weapon. The inboard wing stations could hold 1000 lb bombs, 36-count FFAR pods, napalm bombs, or 275-gallon drop tanks. The outboard stations could carry AN/ALE-2 chaff pods, 18-count FFAR pods, or 200-gallon drop tanks. This is all stated in the manual and can be seen in Nost’s post.
Third, the engine has always been the YJ75-P-11. The J75-P-9 was considered at a point, but the YJ75-P-11 was installed and this is stated by both the manual and the aircraft dataplates.
Fourth, the chaff pods could be slaved to the RWR. I think.
I can cover more information if need be, but this should cover most for now.
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