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  1. Bryan, I should have clarified my nitpicking by noting that the 10th F4H-1 with the Stanley seat was BuNo 145310 (#11), which made its first flight on 29 August 1959, while BuNo 145309 (#10) didn't fly until 19 February 1960, delayed by the availability of the first Raytheon Airborne Missile Control System, so strictly speaking, the first 10 F4H-1s to fly had Stanley seats.
  2. "The first seat in the Phantom II was a joint seat by McDonnell/Stanely. Although I have not found specific information what parts were made by McDonnell and what parts were by Stanely. The attached shots are from McDonnell. It was installed in the first 10 airframe and was in the aircraft for a number of records." Stanley, not "Stanely". Strictly speaking, the original seat wasn't in the first 10 BuNos since 145309 was completed with the Martin-Baker seat. For sure, 142660 (#2) and 145307 (#8) were retrofitted with the M-B seat. According to my notes, the others kept the origi
  3. Some more background: https://thanlont.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-first-launch-of-unmanned-aircraft.html https://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2009/11/f6f-drones.html
  4. My favorite is this one: https://tailhooktopics.blogspot.com/2019/09/douglas-xb-4243-main-landing-gear.html. It's amazing what you can visualize with things like a paper clip and an eraser: https://www.historynet.com/tough-turkey-why-grummans-tbf-avenger-was-the-ultimate-torpedo-bomber/
  5. I'm pretty sure that the "small hydraulic cylinder" both unlocks the "locking brace" and causes it to double up, pulling the main strut into the wheel well, along with closing the doors.
  6. For what it's worth, my tutorial on anhedral/dihedral and wing sweep from an aerodynamicist's standpoint: https://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2014/03/anhedraldihedral-and-wing-sweep.html And one on the C-130's dihedral: https://tailhooktopics.blogspot.com/2017/01/c-130-dihedral.html
  7. Thanks for all the info you provide!!  I really appreciate it!!

     

    Tom

  8. Thanks - My understanding is that the M-B seats in the F8U were also nonstandard because the width between the consoles required the bucket to be narrower.
  9. Sorry - I can't take a look at the link to comment on that - I've been permanently banned from Britmodeler (my apologies if anyone has tried to contact me there). Just about any seat (an A4D's might be the best) could be converted with a little shaping and some plastic. Note that the original headrest was subsequently modified to have a deeper cushion.
  10. The F8U-1P originally had a Vought-furnished ejection seat. The kit only provides a Martin Baker seat that isn't readily identifiable as either a Mk 5 or a Mk 7. However, in 1/72 scale, these can be distinguished by painting the parachute housing accordingly (see http://thanlont.blogspot.com/2011/02/transition-to-martin-baker-ejection.html).
  11. For what it's worth, this is a sideview comparison of the FJ-3 and F-86H using pretty good North American drawings: https://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2014/08/north-american-fj-3-redux.html
  12. From the F-8A/B Flight Manual: Unpowered 360° nose wheel swivelling is available when the steering system is not actuated.
  13. Are you sure that the F8U-1 nose gear was not steerable? In any event, without it, to steer coming out of the wires, differential braking. To line up on the catapult, which required more precision, a steering bar would be attacked to the nose wheel and a deckhand would turn the nose wheel .
  14. It is likely that it was red, not blue, because the standard trim color for the 1XX numbered squadron in the air group was red.
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