VIDAR700 wrote:Hi TC
You do realise the Fj3 and F86E are completely different aeroplanes ? The FJ2 was a navalised F86E but trying to make an FJ3 out of an F86E is not even close. Sorry to sound negative but facts is facts.
The only real representation of the FJ3 is done by Collect Aire the Esci one is nowhere near again they based it on the F86E
Hope this helps a little bit only trying to help you
Cheers
Paul
Sparts99 wrote:Yes I thought the fuselage was a different shape and the fin and rudder had a higher aspect ratio on the Fury.
Sorry guys, I think your getting your Fury designations mixed up.
The FJ-2 and FJ-3 were based on the F-86 design while the FJ-4 was the variant that was redesigned.
FJ-2:
Although less extensively altered from the basic Sabre than later Furies would be, the FJ-2 was by no means merely a hooked F-86E. The undercarriage had to be strengthened, the nose gear lengthened, and the armament changed to a quartet of 20mm cannon.
FJ-3:
Outwardly resembling the FJ-2, the FJ-3 was quite different under the skin, reflecting the use of the Wright J65 engine, a liscense built Armstrong Siddely Sapphire. Like the land-based F-86H, the FJ-3 required a redone fuselage to perimit a deeper intake, as the J35 required more air than the J47 of earlier aircraft. The XFJ-3 prototype, flown in July 1953, was a conversion of the fifth FJ-2, and production aircraft began arriving in December of that year.
FJ-3M/MF-1C:
Eighty aircraft refitted to carry a pair of Sidewinder AAMs.
FJ-4:
Although sharing the Fury name, the FJ-4 really only shared its powerplant and general configuration with the FJ-3. The fuselage profile was much deeper, opening up volume for a greatly increased internal fuel load, and the wings and tail were larger. VMF-451 took delivery of the first operational FJ-4s in 1956. The FJ-4B or "Fury Bravo" had a stengthened wing with an additional pair of hardpoints, and was equipped to deliver tactical nuclear weapons via loft bombing delivery. For conventional missions, AGM-12 Bullpup ASMs and their associated director pod could be carried.
FJ-4 piccie showing the longer tail fin, different canopy plan as well as the fuselage plan which you can compare with the FJ-3 picture in my original post.
