I've posted quite a bit on the Scooter, in addition to writing a book about its development and usage history, but it's sort of an Easter egg hunt to find it all. Herewith a summary (I may have missed a few; to check for more, just type A4D, A-4, or Skyhawk into the search blog on the upper left hand corner of the page):
Width of fuselage and size of horizontal tail: http://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2016/08/a4d-skyhawk-one-more-time.html
New Airfix A4D kit notes: http://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2012/07/new-airfix-172-4b4p-modeling-notes.html
Also see http://airfixtributeforum.myfastforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=47356
A4D Nose variations:
http://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2012/11/airfix-172-a4d-2-overall-size-and-shape.html
http://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2012/10/skyhawk-details.html
A4D external fuel tanks
http://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2012/07/douglas-low-drag-external-fuel-tanks.html
http://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2011/07/douglas-low-drag-external-fuel-tanks.html
A4D cockpit width: http://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2012/09/fitting-in.html
A4D configuration difference summary: http://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2010/07/a4d-skyhawk.html
A4D red "crush points": http://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2012/10/painting-crush-points-red.html
A4D-1 vortex generators: http://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2011/01/a4d-1-vortex-generators.html
A4D-1 rudder: http://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2012/08/a4d-1-rudder-development.html
A4D-1/2 configuration development:
http://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2012/12/are-you-going-to-believe-me-or-your_31.html
http://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-dirty-underside-of-a4d.html
Mk 7 shape: http://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2009/11/nuclear-banshees.html
VA-72 A4D-2 picture: http://tailhooktopics.blogspot.com/2012/10/va-72-a4d-2-picture.html
A4D ladder and self-boarding: http://thanlont.blogspot.com/2011/09/self-boarding-for-douglas-skyhawk.html
Super Fox: http://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2011/02/super-fox.html
Scooter! additions and corrections: http://thanlont.blogspot.com/2011/11/scooter-stuff.html
A-4 nose gear steering: http://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2015/07/a-4-nose-gear-steering.html
A-4F Laser Spot Tracker: http://tailhooktopics.blogspot.com/2012/08/a-4f-laser-spot-tracker.html
There are a few more posts with Skyhawk stuff in my U.S. Navy Aircraft History blog: http://thanlont.blogspot.com/. Just type A4D, A-4, or Skyhawk into the search blog on the upper left hand corner of the page.
Hi Tommy, mi name is Javier, from Chile, South America. I have a question abouy the fuselage width of the different A-4s. There are all the same? Or depends of the different versions? Thanks a lot!
ReplyDeleteJavier
Javier, see http://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2016/08/a4d-skyhawk-one-more-time.html. The width of all the Skyhawk fuselages is the same except for the inlet differences between the J65 and J52-powered airplanes.
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