Cumulus, maybe this can give you more info:
Dryden Research Centre
Hit "intakes" into the search bar. I tried to supply a direct link to the many papers but the url wouldn't show up here properly.
Aviate1138 said: "Have you actually flown the machine? "
Lol! :-) Unfortunately my activities are ground-based, I wish!
Can you imagine what a kid in the '50s would have thought seeing this fly overhead:
It's truly amazing to think the craft is near 50 yrs old.
Maybe someone should start a thread in the Nostalgia forum and try to locate a real FD2 pilot?