Lightningboy2000 Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 I'm just in the last stages of adding external bits & pieces to my EF-101B. I've scratch made a couple of probes which protrude from the underside between the rotating bomb bay & the nose gear bay but I can't find any reference as to what these are. There's a few unusual add ons that 414sq added to this last Voodoo that sets it apart from other Voodoos. Does anyone know what these are? Are they radar reflectors or cameras? Cheers Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hwallen1410 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Hi Martin, Not sure if you have seen the stuff here, https://www.diecastaircraftforum.com/military-model-aircraft/112145-canadian-all-black-voodoo-ef-101b-details.html Sadly all the picture links seem to be dead but it does mention this: 9). ECM Antenna Summary This aircraft had a number of ECM antennas fitted: One forward facing on the upper nose (Replacing the IR Sensor). Two rear facing below the nose with a small blade antenna between. Three rear facing behind the canopy (plus one small blade antenna for a total of four). Two rear facing ones below the fuselage forward of the afterburners. (these are actually the Data Link Antennas that were present on all Canadian Voodoos, however although these appear in profile drawings of the"BLACK VOODOO" they are not evident in any photos seen so far). Three small bi-directional pod antennas between the nose gear door and the weapons bay. The aircraft was often seen with an ECM Pod fitted to a pylon on the weapons bay door. Hope that helps a bit Harry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Just a slight correction, it is a ALE-2 chaff dispenser that was installed on the armament door which was rotated to the AIR-2A (Genie) side as you can see by the extra bumps on it. Jari 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyJammedKenny! Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 I had no idea this aircraft even existed! Was it used for training exclusively, or did it have a possible wartime function? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 12 hours ago, TheyJammedKenny! said: I had no idea this aircraft even existed! Was it used for training exclusively, or did it have a possible wartime function? There was only one converted before the programme was cancelled and it was leased to the RCAF 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Martin Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Well in theory just the one ...101067 which went back to the USA. But 101054 was made to look like and painted up as 101067, before being stuck on a pole at North Bay. BTW 067 was in the overall grey finish before later going to the overall black. PM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightningboy2000 Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 On 10/22/2020 at 10:05 AM, hwallen1410 said: Hi Martin, Not sure if you have seen the stuff here, https://www.diecastaircraftforum.com/military-model-aircraft/112145-canadian-all-black-voodoo-ef-101b-details.html Sadly all the picture links seem to be dead but it does mention this: 9). ECM Antenna Summary This aircraft had a number of ECM antennas fitted: One forward facing on the upper nose (Replacing the IR Sensor). Two rear facing below the nose with a small blade antenna between. Three rear facing behind the canopy (plus one small blade antenna for a total of four). Two rear facing ones below the fuselage forward of the afterburners. (these are actually the Data Link Antennas that were present on all Canadian Voodoos, however although these appear in profile drawings of the"BLACK VOODOO" they are not evident in any photos seen so far). Three small bi-directional pod antennas between the nose gear door and the weapons bay. The aircraft was often seen with an ECM Pod fitted to a pylon on the weapons bay door. Hope that helps a bit Harry Thanks Harry, yes I also stumbled across that forum. I have incorporated the ECM antennas behind the canopy & underneath plus those bi-directional antennas, wondered what they were. I scratch built te ECM pod, but in hindsight I might have made it a tad too long, but it looks OK to me, plus I found a pylon in my spares box. https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235082133-black-knight-voodoo/ Cheers Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightningboy2000 Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 On 10/22/2020 at 7:44 PM, Finn said: Just a slight correction, it is a ALE-2 chaff dispenser that was installed on the armament door which was rotated to the AIR-2A (Genie) side as you can see by the extra bumps on it. Jari Hi Jari, thanks for that! Maybe I could have found a 1/72 replacement for it after all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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