VERSIONS – PR.Mk.10, U.Mk.15, U.Mk.16, D.Mk.16, U.Mk.21A
Details as U.MK.16 unless
otherwise indicated
Test equipment transmitter/receivers under prominent covers
Undernose camera/fairing
Test equipment transmitter/receivers
under prominent covers
1 x D.Mk.16 loaned to Marshall
of Cambridge for testing of
RVMDI (Radar Vector Miss
Distance Indicator) in 1987-88
D.Mk.16 WK800
Drone conversion based
on F.Mk.8, details as F.MK.8
unless otherwise indicated
3 x IR flares under each engine nacelle
(can be fired singly or all at once)
Armament replaced with junction
boxes for new electrical system
91 x airframes converted by Flight Refuelling
Ltd., Tarrant Rushton, United Kingdom, aircraft
redesignated as D.Mk.16 during the 1960s
Slim, jettisonable camera
pods containing two
Australian developed
cameras with all-round
fields of view, recovery
parachute, buoyancy
aids and homing beacons
Additional
antenna
Localized strengthening
to airframe
Nose extended by
.76 m (30 in) to
accommodate
drone systems
New take-off gearboxes in engines
Some airframes equipped
with cable trailed IR flare
Additional control/tracking antennas
Airframe electrical
system totally
rewired with new
generators to
12 kW for control/
drone systems
RVMDI (Radar Vector
Miss Distance Indicator)
fitted in 1988
Cockpit flight
controls retained
Elliott Type B.4 autopilot
U.Mk.16
Drone conversion based
on F.Mk.4, details as F.MK.4
unless otherwise indicated
Additional control/tracking antenna
3 x IR flares under each engine nacelle
(can be fired singly or all at once)
Armament and unnecessary systems deleted
Jettisonable wing tip camera pods
with 2 x WRETAR cameras with 180º
field of view above and below the
wing, recovery parachute, buoyancy
aids and homing beacons
Additional
antennas
Localized strengthening
to airframe
92 x airframes converted by Flight Refuelling
Ltd., Tarrant Rushton, United Kingdom
Some airframes have
alternate nose with
window in tip
U.Mk.15
2 x F.52 vertical mounted cameras in rear
fuselage bay with protective metal plates
jettisoned after take-off
Camera nose with 1 x forward,
2 x oblique camera windows
for 1 x F.24 camera, camera/
window position set on the
ground before mission
High altitude reconnaissance version
based on F.Mk.8, details as F.Mk.8 unless
otherwise indicated
F.MK.3/Mk.4 tail/fin assembly
2 x Rolls-Royce Derwent 8 centrifugal turbojets
with early small diameter intakes, later aircraft
fitted with larger 'Deep Breather' intakes
F.Mk.8 fuselage/centre section
Long span F.Mk.3 wings
Armament deleted
F.MK.3/Mk.4 tailplane/elevators
Early and later canopies
fitted (later shown)
Rear camera bay
heated by bleed
air from port engine
Nose camera bay heated by bleed
air from starboard engine
59 airframes produced
PR.Mk.10
Details as U.MK.16 unless otherwise indicated
8 x U.Mk.16 converted for use at the
Woomera Test Range, Australia by
Flight Refuelling Ltd. Tarrant
Rushton, UK and Fairey Aviation
Australia Pty. Ltd., Bankstown,
Australia for RAAF (Royal Australian
Air Force)
U.Mk.16/Mk.21A
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