Originally Posted by
West Coast
JG
Can you expand on your statement, specific to the ease of converting them? Thanks.
It's my understanding that the original YA10-B conversion was achieved by inserting a 'plug' immediately forward of the bulkhead twixt fuselage and cockpit, with the structure ahead then being somewhat modified.
I also assume that, had the night / adverse variant achieved production, this arrangement would have been 'tidied' somewhat (the sole YA10-B has something of a 'patchwork' look to it). One would suppose that, should such an idea ever resurface, new cockpits would, by far be the better solution. Nonetheless, the structure aft (again, by my understanding) remained the same.
All of this would suggest to me, that such a process would be relatively straightforward, particularly if the jigs still exist - although I assume that you'll now attempt to disabuse me of this idea?
