VERSIONS – YF-100A, F-100A, RF-100A, F-100C, TF-100C
F-100A (later)
RF-100A 'Slick Chick'
Reconnaissance modification to serials 53-1545 to -1548, 55-1551,
55-1554. Details as F-100A (later) unless otherwise indicated
Modified Pratt and
Whitney J57-P-39
turbojet with
afterburner, later
uprated J57-P-P21 , then J57-P21A
5 x Fairchild cameras (2 x
split-vertical 91 cm (36 in)
K-38, 2 x oblique K-17,
1 x vertical K-17C)
installed in weapons/
ammunition bays with
electrically powered door
covers
'Wet', braced, inboard
wing pylons added
for 757 lt (167 gal,
200 US gal) fuel tanks
Cannons removed and additional space for cameras provided
with bulged underfuselage belly and side blisters
3,142 lt (691 gal,
830 US gal) fuel
tank in original
aft electronics bay
Revised cockpit
controls, gunsight
replaced by
optical viewfinder
Gun radar replaced by electronics from
aft bay plus AN/ARN-6 radio compass
Strengthened
wings
Additional .305 m (12 in) bolt-on
high altitude wingtip extensions
Camera bay bulged belly/side blisters
From 71st production aircraft onwards,
details as F-100A (early) unless otherwise indicated
Pratt and Whitney J57-P-39 turbojet with afterburner
from 168th production aircraft onwards
Wingspan increased by .66 m (26 in)
from 101st production aircraft onwards
Artificial feel modified
on control systems
Increased tailfin
height
AN/APX-6 radar/gunsight from 104th
production aircraft onwards
Tailfin height
increased with
27% greater fin
area, retrofitted
to earlier aircraft
Details as YF-100A unless otherwise indicated
Long pitot in undernose position
Pratt and Whitney J57-P-7
turbojet with afterburner
Reduced height
tailfin
Basic gun-laying radar
in upper intake lip
Tailfin reduced
in height, aspect
ratio and rudder
span
F-100A (early)
Converted from F-100C 54-1966. Details as F-100C unless otherwise indicated
Second (instructor) cockpit added with 1 m (3 ft)
increase in fuselage length and no reduction in
fuel capacity, airframe weight increased by
450 kg (1,000 lb)
External ordnance
limited to 2,300 kg
(5,000 lb)
Nose pitot de-icing revised
to electrical system instead
of engine bleed air
Upper pair of cannons deleted
Tailfin revised to
F-100D version
TF-100C
Large tailfin
Pratt and Whitney XJ57-P-7
turbojet with afterburner,
later J57-P-7
Lower pitot probe position/mount
Instrumented test boom
on upper intake lip
Five section leading edge slat
One-piece,
powered
horizontal
stabiliser
Inboard aileron
Internal fuel tanks
in fuselage only
Lead computing A-4
ranging gunsight
North American Aviation
ejector seat
4 x 20 mm (.79 in) Pontiac M-39 cannons with 275 rounds per gun (normally limited to 200 rounds
YF-100A
Details as F-100A (later) unless otherwise indicated
Pratt and Whitney J57-P-7 turbojet with afterburning (early production),
J57-P-39 to 100th F-100C, J57-P-21 onwards
Strengthened/revised 'wet' wing
with 1,707 lt (375 gal, 451 US gal)
tank, two additional hardpoints and
.30 m (12 in) wingtip extension
per wing
AN/APG-30A ranging radar
Avionics:
M-1 bombing system (later MA-2
Low-Altitude Bombing System (LABS)
for tactical nuclear delivery capability)
AN/ARN-21 TACAN, AN/ARN-6 radio
compass, AN/ARN-31 ILS, ANAPX-6A
(later AN/APX-25 IFF, Minneapolis-
Honeywell MB-3 autopilot
Nuclear delivery
capable, AIM-9
Sidewinder AAM
capability added
(later)
Provision for bolt-on IFR probe
under inboard starboard wing
F-100C
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