RF-101C arresting gear

[john53]

Is there any good clear pictures of the RF-101C Voodoo's "tail hook"? I know

it was a flat bar that ran between the engines and was roughly anchored just

where the body ended and the burner cans started. From what I can see it looks

to be bowed away from the fuselage bottom, almost like a pre bowed piece of

flat spring steel. It looks to start roughly by 2 NACA vents on the rear fuselage.

Thanks---John

[Ben Brown]

PM sent. The hook was the same as the one fitted to the F-101B, just spring steel with a hook on the end, but it mounted slightly farther forward on the single-seaters. It bolted to the structure that forms the panel line a few inches aft of the NACA ducts. It was indeed pre-bowed, so it would hold the hook on the runway when released, so it would engage the barrier cable. 

 

Cheers!

Ben

[john53]

Thanks Ben, PM sent.---John