Specifications (F-102A)
Data from The Great Book of Fighters
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 68 ft 4 in (20.83 m)
- Wingspan: 38 ft 1 in (11.61 m)
- Height: 21 ft 2 in (6.45 m)
- Wing area: 661.5ft²/61.52m² (Original Wing) or 695 ft²/64.57m² (Conically-Cambered Wing)
- Airfoil: NACA 0004-65 mod root and tip
- Empty weight: 19,350 lb (8,777 kg)
- Loaded weight: 24,500 lb (11,100 kg)
- Max. takeoff weight: 31,500 lb (14,300 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney J57-P-25 afterburning turbojet
- Dry thrust: 11,700 lbf (52.0 kN)
- Thrust with afterburner: 17,200 lbf (76.5 kN)
- Internal fuel capacity: 1,085 US gal (4,107 l)
- External fuel capacity: 2 × 215 US gal (815 l) drop tanks
Performance
- Maximum speed: Mach 1.25 (825 mph, 1,304 km/h) at 40,000 ft (12,190 m)
- Range: 1,350 mi (1,170 nmo, 2,175 km)
- Service ceiling: 53,400 ft (16,300 m)
- Rate of climb: 13,000 ft/min (66 m/s)
- Wing loading: 35 lb/ft² (172 kg/m²)
- Thrust/weight: 0.70
Armament
- Rockets: 24 × 2.75 in (70 mm) FFAR (Folding Fin Aerial Rocket) unguided rockets in missile bay doors
- Missiles:
- 6 × AIM-4 Falcon air-to-air missiles or
- 3 × AIM-4 Falcon
- 1 × AIM-26 Falcon with conventional or nuclear warhead
Avionics
- MG-10 fire control system
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