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Michael Van,From what I remember the F-106A could go above Mach 2.5. If I recall they could do something on the order of 2.8 or so according to an F-106A pilot. An ex-USAF ground-crewman who got a ride up in an F-106B stated that in a shallow dive they achieved what would amount to 1,800 kts. Consider the following-The F-106A had a lot of honeycomb in it's construction -- more so than the F-102A: Honeycomb is better at dispersing heat than regular standard sheets of metal allowing higher speeds than normally allowed-The J-75's could achieve speeds slightly over mach 3 at least during dashes.-Not Sure About This One: The F-102A and F-106A if I recall had a type of thermal-paint coating that was originally applied to the F-102A to avoid the heat from the rockets causing damage. The paint seems to be applied all over the plane which would probably allow it the ability to reflect more heat away. Regarding the F-106X, it did have revised inlets actually -- look at the design. Regarding the metallurgy, I'm not sure Inconel is required. There are alloys of titanium, and honeycomb stainless-steel, and various composites that can go that hot. I'm not sure exactly *WHAT* they planned to build the F-106X out of though. KJ
Michael Van,
From what I remember the F-106A could go above Mach 2.5. If I recall they could do something on the order of 2.8 or so according to an F-106A pilot. An ex-USAF ground-crewman who got a ride up in an F-106B stated that in a shallow dive they achieved what would amount to 1,800 kts.
Consider the following
-The F-106A had a lot of honeycomb in it's construction -- more so than the F-102A: Honeycomb is better at dispersing heat than regular standard sheets of metal allowing higher speeds than normally allowed
-The J-75's could achieve speeds slightly over mach 3 at least during dashes.
-Not Sure About This One: The F-102A and F-106A if I recall had a type of thermal-paint coating that was originally applied to the F-102A to avoid the heat from the rockets causing damage. The paint seems to be applied all over the plane which would probably allow it the ability to reflect more heat away.
Regarding the F-106X, it did have revised inlets actually -- look at the design. Regarding the metallurgy, I'm not sure Inconel is required. There are alloys of titanium, and honeycomb stainless-steel, and various composites that can go that hot. I'm not sure exactly *WHAT* they planned to build the F-106X out of though.
KJ
