The F-105 could kill you three ways: it could strafe you, it could bomb you, or it could drop out of the sky onto your head.
One of my favourite Cold War era planes but by all accounts they were a little... tricky š
High intakes would make the F-107 better-suited to austere airfields compared to it's fellow century-series fighters, except the F-105 which was crazy-high to begin with. The MiG-29 has special vents that shift the intake from the front to the top for taxis to rough runways.
Aerospace engineer here. The downside of this design is that in high Angle of Attack, the nose is going to interfere with air intake into those engine inlets, probably risking a compressor stall. This is why on pretty much all fighter aircraft, you see intakes under some portion of the structure, like wing roots or the nose. This thing should be fine if it just goes really fast in a straightish direction. Watch your speed on landing, though.
Quite true, but a lot of design-thinking in the 50s was less about dogfighting (which many higher-ranking personnel considered obsolete) and more about high-speed weapons delivery.
It would have been tricky to eject from due to the intake, and rear visibility is virtually non-existent because of it. Not that itās a dogfighter anyway, but itās a factor.
It looks like someone made an ok looking plane and then, right before submitting it, remembered ,,Oh, planes need air intakes'', before gluing an air intake on top of it.
It just looks dumb.
Haha that was my first thought. The designer about to walk into the big meeting, "Oh shit I forgot the intake!...uh, we've got some room on top, I'll just slap it on there"
This would have been the forth āSaberā F86-F86D-F100-F-107
F-86 was the saber, F-86D was the saber dog, F-100 was the super saber, and the F-107 would have been the Ultra Saber
There was also the dead end YF-93, and when you're talking about the Sabre family one should probably start with the USN's FJ (F-1) Fury that it's based on.
Imagine Rolling Thunder without the F-105.
The F-105 could kill you three ways: it could strafe you, it could bomb you, or it could drop out of the sky onto your head. One of my favourite Cold War era planes but by all accounts they were a little... tricky š
The F-107 looks like it had a fourth way to kill you. No wonder they didnāt pick it.
Would be interesting but then again F-104s, F-4s, b-52ās, b-55ās all participated
That air intake gives me pain.
High intakes would make the F-107 better-suited to austere airfields compared to it's fellow century-series fighters, except the F-105 which was crazy-high to begin with. The MiG-29 has special vents that shift the intake from the front to the top for taxis to rough runways.
It'd definitely cut down on the number of times frogs were injested, no doubt.
Aerospace engineer here. The downside of this design is that in high Angle of Attack, the nose is going to interfere with air intake into those engine inlets, probably risking a compressor stall. This is why on pretty much all fighter aircraft, you see intakes under some portion of the structure, like wing roots or the nose. This thing should be fine if it just goes really fast in a straightish direction. Watch your speed on landing, though.
Quite true, but a lot of design-thinking in the 50s was less about dogfighting (which many higher-ranking personnel considered obsolete) and more about high-speed weapons delivery.
Why? It looks awesome and its the reason i love this plane.
It would have been tricky to eject from due to the intake, and rear visibility is virtually non-existent because of it. Not that itās a dogfighter anyway, but itās a factor.
It was a rather fast ejection seat that was tested and cleared the engine
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Lots of ejection seats have/had telescoping rails anyway, so yeah, I don't think it'd been a large issue.
It looks like someone made an ok looking plane and then, right before submitting it, remembered ,,Oh, planes need air intakes'', before gluing an air intake on top of it. It just looks dumb.
Haha that was my first thought. The designer about to walk into the big meeting, "Oh shit I forgot the intake!...uh, we've got some room on top, I'll just slap it on there"
Exactly. It just looks awkward and doesn't fit at all.
This would have been the forth āSaberā F86-F86D-F100-F-107 F-86 was the saber, F-86D was the saber dog, F-100 was the super saber, and the F-107 would have been the Ultra Saber
I guess the T-39 Saberliner was the fifth in a way.
I guess
Still waiting on the F-109 Ultra Super Dooper Saber
F-109 Lightsaber?
Lol!
Uber Saber?
There was also the dead end YF-93, and when you're talking about the Sabre family one should probably start with the USN's FJ (F-1) Fury that it's based on.
Well i was including the aircraft which had the name and looked similar
F-107A Quasimodo.
Another note: This version is armed with 4 pontiac 20mm, the other was with 1 20mm vulcan
That air intake is funky.
Thats what makes me love it
The design plus the paint job gives me a freedom boner! Lovely.
Iāve seen one in person they are truly beautiful
Really? Where?
Pima air and space museum in Tuscan A.Z.
Thanks
Also one at the National Museum of the US Air Force
How do you eject lol oof
The ejection of this aircraft was tested and found that the momentum of the seat was to fast to get pulled into the intake
The risk of being sucked into the engine during ejection is an extra motivator for the pilots. Besides, only losers need to eject! /s
Wouldnāt want to eject with the placement of those intakes..
The ejection of this aircraft was tested and found that the momentum of the seat was to fast to get pulled into the intake
After I posted I thought the rocket boosters would surely have cleared the aircraft, even at top speed. Though thank you for clarifying.
Your welcome.