Cat Barf Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 Has anyone seen a photo of this macine with the slats extended? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cueva533 Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 1 hour ago, Cat Barf said: Has anyone seen a photo of this macine with the slats extended? No slats, used "Dog tooth". https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php?topic=20400.0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cat Barf Posted August 8, 2022 Author Share Posted August 8, 2022 (edited) Aa per the article you linked to, the variants prior to the J29E had slats. Variants: J 29 - Four prototypes built in 1949–1950. J 29A - Fighter, 224 built from 1951 to 1954; later series had wing-mounted dive brakes moved to the fuselage, ahead of the main landing gear doors. J 29B - Fighter, 332 built 1953–1955; featured 50% larger fuel capacity and underwing hardpoints to carry bombs, rockets and drop-tanks. A 29B - Same aircraft as the J 29B, but different use. S 29C - Reconnaissance ("S" was derived from Spaning; either scouting or reconnaissance in Swedish), 76 built from 1954 through 1956; five cameras mounted in a modified nose (no armament was carried). This variant primarily operated at low level and was differentiated by having dark brown and dark green camouflage on the topsides wherein other variants were unpainted. J 29D - Single prototype to test Ghost RM2A turbojet with 27.5 kN (2,800 kgp / 6,175 lbf) afterburning thrust; project abandoned in 1961. J 29E - Fighter, 29 built in 1955; incorporated a "dog-tooth" instead of wing slats. J 29F - Fighter, 308 aircraft converted from available stocks from 1954 to 1956; featured the afterburning Ghost and dog-tooth wing; all remaining aircraft were further modified in 1963 to carry a pair of US-designed AIM-9B Sidewinder heat-seeking air-to-air missiles, built by SAAB under license as the "Rb 24."s Edited August 8, 2022 by Cat Barf Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CF104 Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 19 hours ago, Cat Barf said: Has anyone seen a photo of this macine with the slats extended? Apparently the slats were only extended along with the flaps. You'd have to search for J-29 photos prior to the E model with the flaps extended. So far I can't find any. Cheers, John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cat Barf Posted August 9, 2022 Author Share Posted August 9, 2022 You're probably correct. The kit gives the option of building with the slats extended and the flaps down and I may build it that way just because the configuration is so rarely seen as to be virtually non-existent. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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