latormentabritanica Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Hello All, I'm building the 1/48 Revell F-102 and I'd like to position the weapons bay doors and missile rails properly. However, I haven't been able to find out how exactly they operated. Could you help me answer these questions? - 1) Did all of the weapons bay doors have to open and close at the same time, or was the pilot able to select which doors to open and which to keep closed? - 2) Did all of the missile rails extend into the slipstream at the same time? If not, how were the rails grouped? For example, did all of the front missiles extend at the same time while the rear missiles remained inside the bay? - 3) Any idea if there was a standard weapons loadout for alert duties? Thanks in advance! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spruemeister Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 I think based on photos I've seen of a launch, that all bays open at once, and the front three rails extend, and the three missiles fire in sequence to give spacing. Surely somebody knows for sure. Rick L. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Finn Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Here is a video showing the rail sequence: Jari Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dan Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 (edited) On 3/10/2024 at 6:51 AM, latormentabritanica said: Hello All, I'm building the 1/48 Revell F-102 and I'd like to position the weapons bay doors and missile rails properly. However, I haven't been able to find out how exactly they operated. Could you help me answer these questions? - 1) Did all of the weapons bay doors have to open and close at the same time, or was the pilot able to select which doors to open and which to keep closed? - 2) Did all of the missile rails extend into the slipstream at the same time? If not, how were the rails grouped? For example, did all of the front missiles extend at the same time while the rear missiles remained inside the bay? - 3) Any idea if there was a standard weapons loadout for alert duties? Thanks in advance! 1, All doors opened and closed together. The compressed air system had enough stored air for only three cycles of the weapon bay doors. 2, The three font rails were a selectable group and three rear rails were a selectable group. These two groups could be fired separately or together. The pilot had the option of firing two lots of three Falcon missiles or all six at once. Selecting and firing a single missile only was not possible, the Falcon missiles were always fired in a group of three or six. Unguided Folding Fin Aerial Rockets were located in the weapon bay doors and were fired independently of the missiles. Later on the aircraft were modified to carry a single Nuclear or conventional Advanced Falcon missile on the middle front rail. This missile could be fired independently of the other missiles. This modification also removed the FFARs from the weapon bay doors. 3, Standard loadout was three radar guided Falcon missiles on the front rails and three IR guided Falcons loaded on the rear rails. If all the missiles were fired at once then the rear IR Falcons fired first. When the Advanced Falcon could be carried it was in place of the center front Radar guided Falcon. Edited March 22 by dan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
latormentabritanica Posted March 22 Author Share Posted March 22 Thank you to everyone for your answers. This gave me everything I needed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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