Talk:F-102 Delta Dagger

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[edit] Notable pilot

United States President George W. Bush flew the F-102 while he served in the Texas Air National guard. http://www.americanpresident.org/history/bushgeorgew

[edit] Paragraph needing source/citation

Originally designed to carry 6 x GAR-1/AIM-4 Falcons and 24 x 2.75-inch FFAR's in a twin-barreled rocket-gun in a three section weapons bay. Early on, the F-102A was fitted with a larger vertical tail area to reduce roll-yaw coupling, and during F-102A's years in service, the aircraft was fitted with a conically cambered wing, modified main landing gear legs, was fitted with a GAR-11/AIM-26 Super-Falcon nuclear-tipped air to air missile in lieu of the center-bay's previous twin GAR-1/AIM-4 Falcons and twin-barreled rocket-gun. Later on the aircraft was fitted with the capacity to carry 3 x AIM-26 Super Falcons. Overall 889 were built.

 Most can be cited from Joe Baugher's page: http://home.att.net/~jbaugher1/f102_1.html
 Except for "conically cambered wing" and number built was cited at 875.

Save this paragraph for reminder for needing citation. A little more work and ith will be good to go. A suggestion. LanceBarber 04:02, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Found NASA source for conical cambered wing--http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4314/Chap1.pdf p.34 LanceBarber 15:07, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Inconsistent Speed

These sentences are incompatible:

• "The second aircraft flew on 11 January 1954, confirming a dismal performance: Approximately 812 mph, while supersonic, it was far below the requirements."
• "The new design was more than twice as fast as the non-area ruled design."
• Specifications (F-102A): "Maximum speed: Mach 1.25 (825 mph, 1,304 km/h) at 40,000 ft (12,190 m)"

Surely the maximum speed of the F-102A is well above 825mph. Otherwise, the modified fuselage is only 13mph faster than the original, which would not be worth the re-tooling. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.233.81.49 (talk) 03:22, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

You're right that they are inconsistent, but I can't find any clear sources at the moment. I'll keep looking. - BillCJ 04:58, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Okay, here are the figures according to Steve Pace (X-Fighters: USAF Experimental Fighters, XP-59 to YF-23, 1991): YF-102 maximum speed: 870 mph (Mach 0.82), YF-102A (after modifications): 989.57 mph (Mach 1.3) with F-102A production series demonstrating a consistent 913.45 mph (Mach 1.2) speed in level flight at altitude. FWIW Bzuk 15:52, 22 September 2007 (UTC).