Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 (edited) Hello everyone … Im looking to have a custom 3-D print of the item asked about. Does anyone have any info pertaining to these Baggage-pod/Starter units. They pretty much only on the “B” models as they mount to the rotating bomb tray. Ive seen them described as baggage pod/travel starter for the Voodoo. In at least one photo the side of the pod is hinged open and hollow in the forward half. Ive got several grainy photo’s and have a rough size worked out in 1/72. Here are some cropped photo’s showing only the pod. This last one is direct from port side, maybe size can be worked out from it ? Any help is gratefully received of course. Dennis Edited December 30, 2021 by Corsairfoxfouruncle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Sorry can't help with any dimensions but i loaded more than a few luggage carriers as we called them on the CF-101, they were just for luggage and whatever else the crew wanted to put inside. Some did have a spot to install a spare starter on the front in case the one in the a/c went unserviceable. Those with the starter attachment, and without it, they opened at the side while other ones did open at the front end. The carriers were installed on the AIR-2A (Genie) side of the armament door: it shouldn't be too hard to get a rough size of them going by the pic above, the Genie side is the second one, the pod came to about the small rectangle shapes on the right just forward of the AIR-2A racks. For width the pod came up to the long protrusions at the top and bottom of the above pic. For the aft end, your 3rd pic shows how far back it went. As for the height you'll have to do some calculating guesstimates. Jari 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted December 31, 2021 Author Share Posted December 31, 2021 (edited) 41 minutes ago, Finn said: Sorry can't help with any dimensions but i loaded more than a few luggage carriers as we called them on the CF-101, they were just for luggage and whatever else the crew wanted to put inside. Some did have a spot to install a spare starter on the front in case the one in the a/c went unserviceable. Those with the starter attachment, and without it, they opened at the side while other ones did open at the front end. The carriers were installed on the AIR-2A (Genie) side of the armament door: it shouldn't be too hard to get a rough size of them going by the pic above, the Genie side is the second one, the pod came to about the small rectangle shapes on the right just forward of the AIR-2A racks. For width the pod came up to the long protrusions at the top and bottom of the above pic. For the aft end, your 3rd pic shows how far back it went. As for the height you'll have to do some calculating guesstimates. Jari Thanks Im working with the 1/72 scale Revell. My door is slightly different does this look ok to you ? Its lacking the two small stubs forward yours has. Edited December 31, 2021 by Corsairfoxfouruncle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson Duvalier Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 The F-101 was known as a very fast airplane. It's interesting to me how utterly un-streamlined this baggage pod was. Just a flat-nosed box dangling out in the slipstream. 🤔 Interesting project, Dennis. I hope you get enough information to work with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted December 31, 2021 Author Share Posted December 31, 2021 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Jackson Duvalier said: The F-101 was known as a very fast airplane. It's interesting to me how utterly un-streamlined this baggage pod was. Just a flat-nosed box dangling out in the slipstream. 🤔 Interesting project, Dennis. I hope you get enough information to work with. Actually it rotated into the bomb bay. The missile tray rotated on the Voodoo. Thus being mounted internally during flight. Here is an example of it open on the ground. https://www.airhistory.net/photo/142076/59-0430/90430 Edited December 31, 2021 by Corsairfoxfouruncle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson Duvalier Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 7 minutes ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Actually it rotated into the bomb bay. Ahh, "I see," said the blind man, that's perfectly sensible then. There's a reason I'm not an IRL aerospace engineer! 😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 12 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Thanks Im working with the 1/72 scale Revell. My door is slightly different does this look ok to you ? Its lacking the two small stubs forward yours has. I'd go with 2mm more to the front, about 8mm to the rear and 1mm per side to give you 12mm x 32mm. That should be close enough i think. Jari 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Dennis, You have the actual dimensions of the national insignia I sent you; take those fuselage insignia dimensions, and using them, you should be able scale out the length and height of the baggage pod, using the insignia in your photos. Print the photo first- makes it a lot easier! Sound like a plan? Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted January 2, 2022 Author Share Posted January 2, 2022 25 minutes ago, 72modeler said: Dennis, You have the actual dimensions of the national insignia I sent you; take those fuselage insignia dimensions, and using them, you should be able scale out the length and height of the baggage pod, using the insignia in your photos. Print the photo first- makes it a lot easier! Sound like a plan? Mike Yeah The designer and me have a rough model. I need to cut it out and try it with paper now. Will email you with what we have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Some pics here showing the luggage carrier can be seen here: http://replicainscale.blogspot.com/2011/11/voodoos-from-north-country-plugging.html a couple pics show one off the a/c and you can see the attachment points. Note it is only a luggage carrier, not a apu unit, the starter(s) were spare in case the one on the bottom of an engine went unserviceable. From the looks of earlier pics, some had provisions for 2 starters. Jari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted February 16, 2022 Author Share Posted February 16, 2022 7 minutes ago, Finn said: Some pics here showing the luggage carrier can be seen here: http://replicainscale.blogspot.com/2011/11/voodoos-from-north-country-plugging.html a couple pics show one off the a/c and you can see the attachment points. Note it is only a luggage carrier, not a apu unit, the starter(s) were spare in case the one on the bottom of an engine went unserviceable. From the looks of earlier pics, some had provisions for 2 starters. Jari Thanks Ive actually got these in hand now, someone here in the 3D printing section helped me by designing and printing some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBC Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 The only one ever done in 1/72 to my knowledge. Not much more than a blob really. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted February 16, 2022 Author Share Posted February 16, 2022 4 hours ago, TBC said: The only one ever done in 1/72 to my knowledge. Not much more than a blob really. Interesting none of my searches ever came up with anything. Here is the one I had printed sitting on the door to my voodoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin-42 Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 This 3D printing lark seems to be catching on.😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBC Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 Not a particularly good photo but the other style. Flat-sided but rounded front and back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 Here is another view of the rounded end luggage carrier, i never saw one of them, we just had flat end pods in 409 Squadron: Jari 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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