F-4E Radar Package

[Dan]

In case anyone wondered how big the radar package on F-4E was and how
it was maintained:

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The radome was opened, a bar was inserted into a receptacle in the
airframe above the package and the package would slide out.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

[k***@gmail.com]

  In case anyone wondered how big the radar package on F-4E was and how
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_59i69StnTgE/SICzSQq2zsI/AAAAAAAAAp4/Rq3clm8rvyE...
   The radome was opened, a bar was inserted into a receptacle in the
airframe above the package and the package would slide out.
Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Nice pic - but thats a C or D, not an E (no gun fairing). E's APQ-120
was a bit smaller (radome was smaller and oval, to make room for M-61
underneath). Came out the same way, though.

Kirk

[Dan]

Post by k***@gmail.com

Post by Dan
In case anyone wondered how big the radar package on F-4E was and how
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_59i69StnTgE/SICzSQq2zsI/AAAAAAAAAp4/Rq3clm8rvyE...
The radome was opened, a bar was inserted into a receptacle in the
airframe above the package and the package would slide out.
Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Nice pic - but thats a C or D, not an E (no gun fairing). E's APQ-120
was a bit smaller (radome was smaller and oval, to make room for M-61
underneath). Came out the same way, though.
Kirk

I know, I caught it right after I hit "send." I think it's a D model.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

[Dan]

Post by Dan
In case anyone wondered how big the radar package on F-4E was and how
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_59i69StnTgE/SICzSQq2zsI/AAAAAAAAAp4/Rq3clm8rvyE/Ship%23+480+Hahn+AB+Germany.jpg
The radome was opened, a bar was inserted into a receptacle in the
airframe above the package and the package would slide out.
Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Correction: F-4D, F-4E installation was similar.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

[Dweezil Dwarftosser]

Dan said...

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Post by Dan
In case anyone wondered how big the radar package on F-4E was and how
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_59i69StnTgE/SICzSQq2zsI/AAAAAAAAAp4/Rq3clm8rvyE/Ship%23+480+Hahn+AB+Germany.jpg
The radome was opened, a bar was inserted into a receptacle in the
airframe above the package and the package would slide out.
Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Correction: F-4D, F-4E installation was similar.

Just FYI - No "slide rail extender bar" - a locking chunk
of aluminum weighing about 25 lbs. (the exposed portion of
which was painted AGE yellow) - was required to extend
the radar package on a D-model. The F-4D's APQ-109 had a
built-in telescoping upper support rail, made up of sections
about 18 inches long, one inside the other.

DD - a right-shoulder F-4E 'extender bar carrier' from 1968-1985.

[Dan]

Post by Dweezil Dwarftosser
Dan said...

Post by Dan

Post by Dan
In case anyone wondered how big the radar package on F-4E was and how
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_59i69StnTgE/SICzSQq2zsI/AAAAAAAAAp4/Rq3clm8rvyE/Ship%23+480+Hahn+AB+Germany.jpg
The radome was opened, a bar was inserted into a receptacle in the
airframe above the package and the package would slide out.
Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Correction: F-4D, F-4E installation was similar.

Just FYI - No "slide rail extender bar" - a locking chunk
of aluminum weighing about 25 lbs. (the exposed portion of
which was painted AGE yellow) - was required to extend
the radar package on a D-model. The F-4D's APQ-109 had a
built-in telescoping upper support rail, made up of sections
about 18 inches long, one inside the other.
DD - a right-shoulder F-4E 'extender bar carrier' from 1968-1985.

Hey, it's been awhile, my experience was with F-4E. I only saw it
done with a D model once.

Something one never forgets like rolling an engine stand over ones
steel toed boot while installing an engine on an F-4E. Some things one
should be able to forget like slipping on the only ice spot inside a tab
vee.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

[ben91932]

   Something one never forgets like rolling an engine stand over ones
steel toed boot while installing an engine on an F-4E.

OT comment;
Ouch!
Just rolled my Aframe over my toe toting a golf cart about the yard...
Tennis shoes werent helpful at all...

[Dan]

Post by ben91932

Post by Dan
Something one never forgets like rolling an engine stand over ones
steel toed boot while installing an engine on an F-4E.

OT comment;
Ouch!
Just rolled my Aframe over my toe toting a golf cart about the yard...
Tennis shoes werent helpful at all...

The incident convinced me of the value of steel toed boots.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

[vaughn]

Post by Dan
The incident convinced me of the value of steel toed boots.

I learned to wear steel toes in the Navy. Shortly after I got my first civilian
job, a cast iron manhole cover bounced off the right toe of my trusty old Navy
boondockers. It still hurt, but at least my toes survived. I wore steel toes
for decades after that and was happy to pay whatever they cost. Of course, that
incident also taught me to keep my feet clear of manhole covers. ;-)

Vaughn

[Andrew Chaplin]

Post by vaughn

Post by Dan
The incident convinced me of the value of steel toed boots.

I learned to wear steel toes in the Navy. Shortly after I got my
first civilian job, a cast iron manhole cover bounced off the right
toe of my trusty old Navy boondockers. It still hurt, but at least my
toes survived. I wore steel toes for decades after that and was happy
to pay whatever they cost. Of course, that incident also taught me to
keep my feet clear of manhole covers. ;-)

If you had been a marine, you would have already known better.

[Eunometic]

  In case anyone wondered how big the radar package on F-4E was and how
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_59i69StnTgE/SICzSQq2zsI/AAAAAAAAAp4/Rq3clm8rvyE...
   The radome was opened, a bar was inserted into a receptacle in the
airframe above the package and the package would slide out.
Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Here is the 'digital' Hughes APG-65 of a Luftwaffe Phantom F-4F
http://www.radartutorial.eu/19.kartei/karte601.en.html