VERSIONS – F-100D, F-100F
Details as F-100D unless otherwise indicated
FSAT (Full-Scale Aerial Target) drone conversions by Sperry Flight
Systems, Litchfield, USA (2 x manned YQF-100D, 95 x QF-100D (also
3 x QF-100F)), also by FSI, Mojave, USA (169 x QF-100D, 41 x QF-100F)
'Sugar scoop'
IR shield over
exhaust
Armament, fire control systems, seat and
control column removed from QF-100D
(seat/control column retained on YQF-100D),
C/TS (Command/Telemetry System) flight
control system with command destruct and
backup UHF receiver installed
DIGIDOPS (DIGItal DOPpler System)
with sensors in nose, tail, dorsal and
ventral positions for measuring
missile miss distances
Wingtip 'burner' pods for additional IR heat source instead
of engine to enhance survivability/lifetime of drone
Additional comms
antenna
Fuel tanks, ECM
pods and chaff/
flare dispensers
carried on
ordnance pylons
YQF-100D/QF-100D
Details as F-100D unless otherwise indicated
Rocketdyne M-34 solid rocket booster with 578.15 kN,
58,955 kg, (130,000 lb) thrust for 4 seconds
F-100D serials 56-2904, 56-2947 used in ZELL
(ZEro Length Launch) tests between 1957-59 –
aircraft launched from mobile wheeled launch
platform using a rocket motor which is
jettisoned once used
Different combinations of underwing
stores trialled during ZELL launch
programme, one being a Blue Boy
Mk.7 nuclear 'shape' under the
port wing
F-100D ZELL
Details as F-100F unless otherwise indicated
Undernose test instrumentation fairing
Ventral airbrake enlarged
F-100F 56-3725 modified at Wright Air
Development Center with afterburner
replaced by new thrust reverser section
(redesignated as NF-100F), used for
steep approach/high-speed landing
research for X-15 and X-20 Dyna-Soar
programmes
Reinforcing
straps
Cascade-type
thrust reverser
added to
exhaust
Blown flaps
added
Undernose test instrumentation fairing
F-100F 'thrust reverser'
Pratt and Whitney J57-P-21A turbojet with afterburner
Additional antenna
F-102 nozzle retrofitted to ANG
(Air National Guard) aircraft
Details as F-100D unless otherwise indicated
Wingbox rebuilt
KB-18 strike camera installed in
V-shaped fairing on port fuselage
level with wing leading edge
Doppler Navigation System (NAVS)
deleted, AN/APR-25(V) RHAW and
AN/APR-26 launch warning receiver installed
Small fin leading
edge airscoop
(standard on
PACAF (Pacific Air
Force) F-100D)
AN/APR-25 RHAW antenna
fairing under nose
Additional antenna
Rear RHAW
antenna
F-100D (later)
Details as F-100F unless otherwise indicated
AN/APR-25 RHAW antenna fairing under nose
F-100F-20 airframes developed to locate and mark
SAM (Surface-to-Air Missile) sites for attack
Additional avionics: AN/APR-25(V) RHAW, AN/APR-26
launch warning receiver, IR-133 panoramic receiver,
KA-60 panoramic strike camera and dual-track
tape recorder
Small fin leading
edge airscoop
(standard on
PACAF (Pacific Air
Force) F-100D)
AN/APR-25 RHAW antenna fairing under nose
Rear RHAW
antenna
F-100F 'Wild Weasel I'
Pratt and Whitney J57-P-21/P-21A turbojet with afterburner
Fin height increased by 10 cm (4 in)
Larger fairing
for AN/APS-54
RWR antenna
Increased fin/rudder area
Inboard trailing edge flaps
added with revised wing
planform and enlarged
wing root chord
Revised ejector seat for zero altitude/
minimum airspeed ejection
Avionics:
M-1 bombing system (later MA-2
Low-Altitude Bombing System (LABS)
for tactical nuclear delivery capability)
AN/ARN-21 TACAN updated), AN/ARN-6
radio compass, AN/ARN-31 ILS,
AN/APS-54 RWR, AN/APX-25 IFF,
Minneapolis-Honeywell MB-3 autopilot
Bolt-on IFR probe under
inboard starboard wing
Additional
wing fences
Revised centreline pylon (184th F-100D onwards) for Mk.28
nuclear weapon, MN-1 munitions dispenser or camera pod
F-100D (early)
Second (instructor) cockpit added with
1 m (3 ft) increase in fuselage length
F-100D tailfin
Inboard trailing edge flaps added with revised
wing planform and enlarged wing root chord,
later PACAF (Pacific Air Force) aircraft with
modified with basic flap blowing system
IFR probe
Pratt and Whitney J57-P-21/P-21A turbojet with afterburner
AN/APS-54 RWR
antenna fairing
External ordnance
capabilities
identical to F-100D
Nose pitot de-icing revised
to electrical system instead
of engine bleed air
Additional
wing fences
Avionics similar to F-100D.
Enhanced navigation system
with AN/ASN-7 dead-reckoning
computer and PC-212 Doppler
on final 29 aircraft for PACAF
Upper pair of cannons deleted
F-100F
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