And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Yep, they just added bulges around the jet pipe to change the shape to conform to the area rule theory and that improved it enough to make it genuinely supersonic.
Here’s how I remember the difference: the Dagger (F-102) came first, and it had sharp, pointy tail and wing tips. The Dart (F-106) came later, and had squared off tips. The Dart also had “area rule” (you could Wikipedia that), and the two planes had different canopies, and the positioning of the engine inlets with respect to the canopy was different. The Marines taught us how to distinguish between Allied and enemy vehicles (particularly armor) by looking for certain “recognition features”.
Even easier: 102 intakes at front of cockpit and almost parallel to each other and split the wing, 106 intakes aft of cockpit and located higher, entirely above the wing and at an angle.
"Read once the Darts flew so easy and well..." That might have been the F-106. The F102 had a bad rep for most of it's use. Just to fly in combat the pilot required a LOT of stick time before qualifying for V-Nam. G. Bush asked for a variance so he could go there, since he was short the hours, but no joy.
YF-102 Delta Dagger, s/n 52- 7994. First flew 24 October 1953. Written off 2 November 1953 in a forced landing after engine failure. The pilot, Richard L. Johnson, was injured.
https://www.f-106deltadart.com/
ReplyDeleteLooking at the vertical stab, and forward of cockpit intake; F-102.
ReplyDeleteCorrect FC-994 was a F-102
DeleteThat may be an early F-102. There appears to be no "area rule" modifications to the fuselage. Not particularly fast compared to the later versions.
ReplyDeleteYep, they just added bulges around the jet pipe to change the shape to conform to the area rule theory and that improved it enough to make it genuinely supersonic.
DeleteHere’s how I remember the difference: the Dagger (F-102) came first, and it had sharp, pointy tail and wing tips. The Dart (F-106) came later, and had squared off tips. The Dart also had “area rule” (you could Wikipedia that), and the two planes had different canopies, and the positioning of the engine inlets with respect to the canopy was different.
ReplyDeleteThe Marines taught us how to distinguish between Allied and enemy vehicles (particularly armor) by looking for certain “recognition features”.
The guy who figured out that area rule was one real sharp engineer.
DeleteEven easier: 102 intakes at front of cockpit and almost parallel to each other and split the wing, 106 intakes aft of cockpit and located higher, entirely above the wing and at an angle.
ReplyDeleteA just Beautiful looking series of Aircraft. Maybe one of the best.
ReplyDeleteRead once the Darts flew so easy and well they didn't really need the two seaters for training
ReplyDelete"Read once the Darts flew so easy and well..."
ReplyDeleteThat might have been the F-106. The F102 had a bad rep for most of it's use. Just to fly in combat the pilot required a LOT of stick time before qualifying for V-Nam. G. Bush asked for a variance so he could go there, since he was short the hours, but no joy.
...surprised they let W even get close!
ReplyDeleteYF-102 Delta Dagger, s/n 52- 7994. First flew 24 October 1953. Written off 2 November 1953 in a forced landing after engine failure. The pilot, Richard L. Johnson, was injured.
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