F-111's pylons
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F-111's pylons
How many pylons under F-111's wing each? All present line draw show 3, some photos show 4. if it is 4, is it possible to load 8 2273liter external fuel tanks under wing?
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All the production wings were fitted with 8 hard-points, but in practice the outermost 4 were rarely (if ever) fitted with pylons.
The reason is that only the inner 4 pivoted with the wing sweep, thus if the outer pylons were fitted the aircraft was limited to sub-sonic speeds.
from Bill Gunston's F-111 book:
The reason is that only the inner 4 pivoted with the wing sweep, thus if the outer pylons were fitted the aircraft was limited to sub-sonic speeds.
from Bill Gunston's F-111 book:
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Harrogate,
NVG's are easily bought, but the generation 3+ I suspect you need are a tad expensive at £3,000 plus and a very limited life-span, as I found out both in my BAe dark-room and personal boat ( I bought that set, honest ) the hard way !
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I'd be very interested to know how a fully loaded F-111 compared to a steam driven, slum of a cockpit but internal loaded - as seems bleeding obvious as the F-22 & 35 have caught on - Buccaneer ?
NVG's are easily bought, but the generation 3+ I suspect you need are a tad expensive at £3,000 plus and a very limited life-span, as I found out both in my BAe dark-room and personal boat ( I bought that set, honest ) the hard way !
GreenKnight,
I'd be very interested to know how a fully loaded F-111 compared to a steam driven, slum of a cockpit but internal loaded - as seems bleeding obvious as the F-22 & 35 have caught on - Buccaneer ?
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The RAAF's F-111Cs carried jugs on the outboard non swivel pylons for long legs from US to Oz. With no wing sweep the jugs were angled in about 15 degrees for takeoff. A touch of wing sweep streamlined the tanks after takeoff.
All other pylons remain aligned through full sweep angles.
All other pylons remain aligned through full sweep angles.
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Two pylons on this one.
From this years Wanaka airshow in NZ. A fabulous weekend
Crank up the sound and enjoy.
YouTube - F111 Official Warbirds Over Wanaka 2008 DVD
From this years Wanaka airshow in NZ. A fabulous weekend
Crank up the sound and enjoy.
YouTube - F111 Official Warbirds Over Wanaka 2008 DVD
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Double Zero... the F-111 carried 1,500 lbs (2 x 750lb bombs) of its total 37,500 lb "extreme maximum" weapons load* in its small internal bay.
A more common use for the small internal bay is for cameras or the AN/AVQ-16 Pave Tack laser designation/FLIR pod, as seen here:
*normal useful payload varies from 8000 pounds to 20,000 pounds, according to range.
A more common use for the small internal bay is for cameras or the AN/AVQ-16 Pave Tack laser designation/FLIR pod, as seen here:
*normal useful payload varies from 8000 pounds to 20,000 pounds, according to range.
Two pylons on this one.
From this years Wanaka airshow in NZ. A fabulous weekend
Crank up the sound and enjoy.
YouTube - F111 Official Warbirds Over Wanaka 2008 DVD
From this years Wanaka airshow in NZ. A fabulous weekend
Crank up the sound and enjoy.
YouTube - F111 Official Warbirds Over Wanaka 2008 DVD
It's a big festival that culminates in a low-ish level night-time dump and burn by a pair of F-111s, after which the whole of Brissie erupts in fireworks. Superb.
I think Riverfire 2009 is the last one the F-111s will appear at.
There are better videos than this on Youtube taken by folks on the ground at various points along the route, but this cheesey 'official' one gives you the general idea....
YouTube - Brisbane Riverfire - Nine telecast part 3 (Dump and Burn)
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Good write up here
http://www.airsceneuk.org.uk/hangar/2000/f111/f111.htm
http://www.airsceneuk.org.uk/hangar/2000/f111/f111.htm
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GreenKnight 121,
well cameras & Pavestrikes etc are / were right up my street - that central pod looks better than anything I worked on - nice shot.
Re. the internal carriage & Buccaneer mention, I was wondering about fully loaded range; there was a legend that a fully loaded Bucc' ( and I'm not a particular fan, just think an internal bay is a good idea ) was faster & longer-ranged than a Phantom or Tornado, and the '111 seems in the same order as those 2 ?!
well cameras & Pavestrikes etc are / were right up my street - that central pod looks better than anything I worked on - nice shot.
Re. the internal carriage & Buccaneer mention, I was wondering about fully loaded range; there was a legend that a fully loaded Bucc' ( and I'm not a particular fan, just think an internal bay is a good idea ) was faster & longer-ranged than a Phantom or Tornado, and the '111 seems in the same order as those 2 ?!
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I did intermediate level repairs on the FLIR turret (AN/AAS-33A, on the A-6E Intruder) for the USMC 1981-1989.
(the ball under the nose
And a little with the first AN/AAS-38 FLIR & LRD pods on the USMC F/A-18A Hornets.
(FLIR pod seen on the port intake side here, the LRD pod goes on the starboard intake
(the ball under the nose
And a little with the first AN/AAS-38 FLIR & LRD pods on the USMC F/A-18A Hornets.
(FLIR pod seen on the port intake side here, the LRD pod goes on the starboard intake
