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F-89F Advanced Scorpion


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If this thing had made it to operational status, I wonder if it would have acquired those prominent vents in the rocket pods like those found on regular F-89s - a salvo of all those little HVARs would have made a bunch of blast/exhaust that would have to go somewhere.  Great fan of Scorpions since I was a wee lad.  Looking forward to seeing how this turns out.

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2 hours ago, Oldbaldguy said:

If this thing had made it to operational status, I wonder if it would have acquired those prominent vents in the rocket pods like those found on regular F-89s - a salvo of all those little HVARs would have made a bunch of blast/exhaust that would have to go somewhere.  Great fan of Scorpions since I was a wee lad.  Looking forward to seeing how this turns out.

 

OBG,

 

Yes I am sure that these blast vents would have been part of the design.  As soon as I figure out how to make them in my 3d printer I will add them.

 

Currently I am working on removing the existing wing roots from the fuselage. Also am figuring out how to get the re-designed aft fuselage done.

 

Dan

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A little work on the weapons pods. There are exhaust ports on the pods to expel rocket gases when they are fired.

 

I determined where the exhaust ring should go and, using a miter box, cut the pods. I then 3d printed a slightly smaller ring which could be pushed into the main pod. There will be a gap between front and back sections to represent the exhaust ports.

 

Easy.....

 

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as...

 

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pie.

 

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I have also glued one half of the fuselage to the keel.

 

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Dan

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Hey everyone....

 

I received a Set of cockpit parts from John, Thanks John.

 

I have been working on the jet intakes and compressor faces. Here are some parts with black primer. Also sprayed the interior of the intakes.

 

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And some preliminary work on getting the cockpit parts situated.

 

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Here I have gotten the 3D printed wheel wells into the center pod.

 

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Dan

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Working on the ejection seats and cockpits.

 

Here is the Phantom seat next to the modified Scorpion seat.

 

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Rear cockpit, Here is the completed seat in the rear pit.

 

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Front office and seat.

 

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3D printed console and radar scope. Gray panels are from some cut up side consoles.

 

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Dan

 

 

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Work continues.

 

I have 3D printed the canopy frames.

 

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These were rather thick so I printed another set at half the thickness.

 

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 I plan to glue the vac canopy on top of the frame.

 

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Here is the painted backseat radar setup. And the phantom cowling, still some changes to be made.

 

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Laminations to thicken up the tail.

 

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Some details of the cockpits.

 

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Dan

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