F-15A original stations 1 and 9 pylons

[Robertone139]

Are there any photos of the original and not adopted weapon pylons at stations 1 and 9? I did look for them.

 

Thank you

[Steve McArthur]

I Googled F-15 Outboard Pylon and this was the first hit under images, posted over at ARC:

 

Many of the early F-15 kits included these. I know they were included in the Monogram, Hasegawa and Tamiya 1/48 kits. The Monogram and Tamiya kits also had the ECM pod from this photo.

[Robertone139]

I googled the wrong thong and all the stuff for the EX came out. No kit in 1/72 has them as far as I know.

Thank you.

 

[Julien]

Why were these stations never used? not needed?

 

Julien

[f111guru]

If memory serves me half correct. The original Fujimi and Tamiya A kits came out with the pylons. But I chose to build the F-15A Streak Eagle to test my abilities to mix paints.

 

All The Very Best,

Ron VanDerwarker

[Steve McArthur]

5 hours ago, Julien said:

Why were these stations never used? not needed?

 

Julien

There were stability and control issues at some attitudes with the original mechanical flight control system, so they were never allowed operationally.  There were occasional proposals through the 80s that showed them in use. There's at least one photo of a Eagle with AGM-88s hanging on them

 

The new generation Eagles like the F-15EX with fly by wire flight controls can deal with the instabilities, so the stations have been reactivated. The pylon are different on the new planes.

Edited April 27 by Steve McArthur

[Hook]

13 hours ago, Robertone139 said:

I googled the wrong thong

I told my girlfriend the same when she walked in on me.

 

Those pylons do not look that difficult to scratchbuild with a bit of styrene plate.

 

Cheers,

 

Andre

[Hook]

1 hour ago, Steve McArthur said:

There's at least one photo of a Eagle with AGM-88s hanging on them

This one?

 

Cheers,

 

Andre

[Alan P]

2 minutes ago, Hook said:

I told my girlfriend the same when she walked in on me.

Just beat me to it Andre 👊😂

[Finn]

Another photo:

 

 

Purposed load chart:

 

 

Jari

[Julien]

3 hours ago, Steve McArthur said:

There were stability and control issues at some attitudes with the original mechanical flight control system, so they were never allowed operationally.  There were occasional proposals through the 80s that showed them in use. There's at least one photo of a Eagle with AGM-88s hanging on them

 

The new generation Eagles like the F-15EX with fly by wire flight controls can deal with the instabilities, so the stations have been reactivated. The pylon are different on the new planes.

Thanks Steve. HARMs do look cool on there.

[Duncan B]

15 hours ago, Steve McArthur said:

There were stability and control issues at some attitudes with the original mechanical flight control system, so they were never allowed operationally.  There were occasional proposals through the 80s that showed them in use. There's at least one photo of a Eagle with AGM-88s hanging on them

 

The new generation Eagles like the F-15EX with fly by wire flight controls can deal with the instabilities, so the stations have been reactivated. The pylon are different on the new planes.

I take it that the outer pylons were actually wired up in the production aircraft (A/B and C/D) but never used?

 

Duncan B

[Robertone139]

8 hours ago, Duncan B said:

I take it that the outer pylons were actually wired up in the production aircraft (A/B and C/D) but never used?

 

Duncan B

Never installed as well.

[CharlieGolf2009]

On 27/04/2025 at 16:08, f111guru said:

If memory serves me half correct. The original Fujimi and Tamiya A kits came out with the pylons.

 

Italeri 1/72 F-15C & E have them as well (parts B65 & B66).