Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series
HA3117F-102A Delta Dagger 54-1373, 199th FIS, Hawaii ANG, 1960s (case X wing)
General Background
The Convair F-102 Delta Dagger was designed to be an interceptor aircraft and act as the core of USAF air defenses in the late 1950s. The F-102 first appeared in service in 1956 with the task to intercept Soviet bombers. The official name for the F-102 was “Delta Dagger” but the most common term used was “Deuce”. There was 889 F-102As manufactured when production ended in September 1958.
Hobby Master HA3117, F-102A Delta Dagger 54-1373, 199th FIS, Hawaii ANG, 1:72
Role : Supersonic All-Weather, delta wing interceptor
Crew: 1 pilot
Number Produced : 889
Dimensions
Length : 68 ft 4 in (20.83
Wingspan : 38 ft 1 in (11.61 m)
Height : 21 ft 2 in (6.45 m)
Weight
Empty : 19,350 lb 8,777 kg)
Loaded : 24,500 lb (11,100 kg)
Maximum Takeoff : 31,500 lb (14,300 kg)
Powerplant : 1 x Pratt & Whitney J57-P-25 afterburning turbojet
Thrust
Dry : 11,700 lbf (8,777 kg)
With Afterburner : 17,200 lbf (76.5 kN)
Fuel
Internal : 1.085 US gal (4,107 l)
External : 2 x 215 US gal (815 l) drop tanks
Armament:
Rockets : 24 x 2.75 in (70 mm) FFAR (Folding Fin Aerial Rocket) unguided rockets in missile bay doors
Missiles : AIM-4 Falcon air-to-air
AIM-26 Falcon with conventional or nuclear warhead
Missiles were contained in 3 bays inside the aircraft belly
Avionics : MG-10 fire control system designed by Hughes Aircraft Company
