Nose & weapons bay pic. (Read 6,395 times)

I don't know the answer to that Mark, except to ask another question. I worked Insturments on 6's for years, but never worked a round eye, did they also have the CPU-111, (air data computer)? Might be the clue for the gun if they didn't have it. But again I do not know so don't beat me up....

Not sure but the bulk of SIXES by 70 were pretty much all tape. I only saw a few roundeyes and that was at Tyndall. Looked weird. Yes the old 646 was the black can ADC at first. I think it was in 72 the CPU-111V mod was initiated. They sent my butt to Atlanta for famiiarization school for a week on the unit. I recall the TCTO change over was a pain in the ass. (So was the Nucleonic Oil Qty TCTO - That was a joke!)

AJ

I can confirm the MT guard sixes were round eye.

They would come to Minot for re-interductions.

T

Has the Round insturments rather than the vertical scale tape insturments. Attachements from Pat's page

www.f-106deltadart.com/cockpit/cockpit.jpg (Round eye)

www.f-106deltadart.com/cockpit/cockpit3.jpg (vertical)

The Vertical had a 420 unit instead of a 823 before the CPU-111 Mod. Both were a bitch to change to many plugs, But hardest to changewere the xfer boxes in rear seat of any B model. Also there was pitch G accormeter mounted above the rt wing aft of the intake. It seem like it was mounted then the skin was put on, saftie wired bolts and plug what a pain.

If memory serves, the original CADC system in the Six consisted of the 320, 420, 646, and 721 units, all in the nose wheel well. The 646 was the ADC and was held in by two straps that you couldn't overtighten because it would cause the gear trains inside it to bind. The 420 was on the rt. side of the wheel well and was the Air Data Converter. The 320 (if I remember right) had something to do with vertical velocity, and the 721 was the AOA converter.

All except the 721 were replaced by the CPU-111. My experience at Duluth and Minot was that the CPU-111 was far superior to the old system.

Incidentally, the CPU-111 was also installed in the F-105, but all three modules on it were different from those on the Six. The middle module on the Thud's CADC was dedicated either to the "D" model or to the "F" model. There was also one for the "B" model. This is in contrast with the F-106 modules which were marked "F106A/B".
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Victoralert, the Genie didn't need any air conditioning or heating.

The weapons bay on the F-106, and on the F-101 were not heated or cooled.

The Genie was hung on a wing station of the F-89J, and there it was hanging out in the air, no matter the temperature or other conditions.

One tough missile, just like the others the Six and other Interceptors carried.

Jim Too

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VA, the F-101B originally carried six AIM rockets. Two on each main panel of the rotating missile carrier, and one on each side.

They were modified to carry two AIMs on one flat panel, two Genies on the other one. They did away with the AIMs on the edges.

When they would land, and taxi to their parking place, the crew chief would open a panel and use a switch to rotate the missile panel to about a 45 degree position. That way the weapons crew could check, and de-arm all four missiles. When the plane got ready to take off, the missiles were re-armed, and the panel rotated to have the AIMs on the outside.

It was not a complex system, just had to know how to do it.

Needless to say, the missile platform was pretty long to hold the rockets, and the bay was deep enough to allow for the panel to rotate and keep the Genies out of sight.

It was more work to install a new drogue chute, than to do the missile platform. You had to use a stand to install the chute, the missile panel was below eye level.

Jim Too

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