Author Topic: McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle Ideas and Inspiration (Read 163958 times)

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #101 on:** March 09, 2013, 05:11:08 AM »

Indeed - there I was ready to place an order.

Cliffy B · « **Reply #102 on:** March 09, 2013, 08:28:19 AM »

Speaking of ASATs...

14 Photos:
http://www.defenseimagery.mil/imagery.html#a=search&s=ASAT&chk=6cfe0&sel=1000&n=30

Click the icon of the box with the downward pointing arrow to download the high-res versions.

Sample:

elmayerle · « **Reply #103 on:** March 09, 2013, 12:55:47 PM »

if anyone needs one, my local stash has, buried somewhere in it, some of the 1st gen Academy kits with the rudimentary ASAT.

And, for those familiar with my situation, it is the local stash selection, not the remote southern stash that's some 100 miles south of here.

Rickshaw · « **Reply #104 on:** March 09, 2013, 04:14:32 PM »

Quote from: Jeffry Fontaine on March 08, 2013, 11:56:49 PM

Quote from: Rickshaw on March 08, 2013, 04:46:22 PM
i believe one of the US manufacturers offered it. Monogram? Revell? AMT? Something like like that, in a special boxing IIRC.

ESCI/AMT-Ertl 1:72nd scale F-15 with ASAT and 318th FIS markings.

I suspected it was 1/72 but wasn't sure. I knew someone had done one along the way.

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #105 on:** March 09, 2013, 05:44:07 PM »

Quote from: Daryl J. on March 08, 2013, 09:32:03 PM

Two Mikes does (?did) a 1:48 ASAT. I happened to stumble across it on Facebook just yesterday while perusing some models built in the Eastern Bloc.

Hannants have some of these in stock still.

Daryl J. · « **Reply #106 on:** March 19, 2013, 04:35:10 AM »

Why are the Eagle's wing tips not used for missile rails or pods?

elmayerle · « **Reply #107 on:** March 19, 2013, 06:51:57 AM »

Quote from: Daryl J. on March 19, 2013, 04:35:10 AM

Why are the Eagle's wing tips not used for missile rails or pods?

Well, they weren't needed when it was first designed and then flight tests showed that the trimmed back tips the production aircraft have were better than the squared-off tips of the prototypes (not sure if there was a drag penalty or some other complication).

Daryl J. · « **Reply #108 on:** March 19, 2013, 10:38:03 AM »

Is there any real world airborne Patriot missile (or other) delivery system for the Eagle/Strike Eagle?

Given the current deployment of land based missile interceptors to counter potential N. Korean threats to my community, it got me wondering. And if yes, would that make the Strike Eagle both a bomber and an anti bomber?

elmayerle · « **Reply #109 on:** March 19, 2013, 10:45:43 AM »

I believe there've been some studies that way but I don't know of any hardware tests, at least not in the unclassified arena.

Daryl J. · « **Reply #110 on:** March 19, 2013, 11:05:15 AM »

Would such a thing require a Strike Eagle or would a F-15C suffice?

The 142nd TFW is just to my right during my morning's commute, a few friends/acquaintances work there, and as I was cleaning in the storage area of the house today 3 Hasegawa F-15s were found that I must have bought in the mid-1990s. :). Serendipity?

elmayerle · « **Reply #111 on:** March 19, 2013, 11:08:21 AM »

F-15C's would probably do, though I can see them being upgraded to "Golden Eagles" with AESA radar and uprated engines.

If any of those Hasegawa kits are the original prototype issue wit the squared-off wingtips, I'd be interested in a trade of production wings for those.

Daryl J. · « **Reply #112 on:** March 19, 2013, 11:12:03 AM »

No square wingtips...sorry. 2 F-15J kits and a Streak Eagle.

elmayerle · « **Reply #113 on:** March 19, 2013, 12:55:42 PM »

*shrug* It was a slim chance, but worth it as I need the square-cut wings for my navalized F-15s with wingtip IRAAMs.

Scooterman · « **Reply #114 on:** March 24, 2013, 10:15:15 AM »

Quote from: Daryl J. on March 19, 2013, 10:38:03 AM

Is there any real world airborne Patriot missile (or other) delivery system for the Eagle/Strike Eagle?

Given the current deployment of land based missile interceptors to counter potential N. Korean threats to my community, it got me wondering. And if yes, would that make the Strike Eagle both a bomber and an anti bomber?

I swear that I saw some concept drawings of PAC-3s being launched from an Eagle. Boxy looking thing under the wing.
Wait. Quick google finds this. Modified standard 600gal tank?
http://images2.china.com/mili/zh_cn/news2/569/20090630/2009063009263680578100.jpg

elmayerle · « **Reply #115 on:** May 06, 2013, 08:48:22 AM »

I notice from a recent issue of Combat AIrcraft that the JASDF is looking at an indigenous design for an IRST to fit the F-15J-Kai. I wonder how that'd look mated to a Golden Eagle upgrade of existing F-15C/D's or new-builds of [i[SIlent Eagle[/i]?

ChernayaAkula · « **Reply #116 on:** May 07, 2013, 03:25:45 AM »

^ Here's how it looks. THIS ARTICLE has a few more pics. IIRC, this trial aircraft's been flying for a couple of years now.

Diamondback · « **Reply #117 on:** May 26, 2013, 02:30:10 PM »

Dusting this one off and adding an idea... if you put the "stinger" of the F-15A/B back on and joined it with a dorsal spine like an F-16I Sufa... might it be possible to mount not just a tail warning radar like Super Flanker but a full-fledged rear ATTACK radar so you could take potshots at tailgaters??

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #118 on:** May 26, 2013, 06:35:48 PM »

Would certainly look interesting.

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #119 on:** May 26, 2013, 06:36:52 PM »

How abot a F-15 in SE Asia camo scheme...or even a Sth Veitnamese F-15?

ChernayaAkula · « **Reply #120 on:** May 26, 2013, 08:44:26 PM »

There you go!

And here's one a couple of years later in SEA wrap-around camo.

elmayerle · « **Reply #121 on:** May 26, 2013, 10:21:13 PM »

Beautiful!! They do suggest a follow-on of a Strike Eagle in SE Asian night scheme with the black underside. Which leads me to wondering how the "Asia Minor" scheme would look on USAF, HAF< or TUrkish AIr Force F-15's.

elmayerle · « **Reply #122 on:** May 26, 2013, 10:23:40 PM »

Quote from: Diamondback on May 26, 2013, 02:30:10 PM

Dusting this one off and adding an idea... if you put the "stinger" of the F-15A/B back on and joined it with a dorsal spine like an F-16I Sufa... might it be possible to mount not just a tail warning radar like Super Flanker but a full-fledged rear ATTACK radar so you could take potshots at tailgaters??

As an alternative, perhaps a lidar installation so they wouldn't even know they're being painted until a missile comes roaring back at them?

ChernayaAkula · « **Reply #123 on:** May 26, 2013, 11:16:03 PM »

SEA uppers and black belly would look great. Maybe even with red stencils?
An Asia Minor Eagle I did, but in Iranian markings.

Diamondback · « **Reply #124 on:** May 27, 2013, 02:27:24 AM »

Quote from: elmayerle on May 26, 2013, 10:23:40 PM

Quote from: Diamondback on May 26, 2013, 02:30:10 PM
Dusting this one off and adding an idea... if you put the "stinger" of the F-15A/B back on and joined it with a dorsal spine like an F-16I Sufa... might it be possible to mount not just a tail warning radar like Super Flanker but a full-fledged rear ATTACK radar so you could take potshots at tailgaters??
As an alternative, perhaps a lidar installation so they wouldn't even know they're being painted until a missile comes roaring back at them?

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