QF4 Phantom

Đây là hình thật.

Thời nay KQ Mỹ không còn xài F4 nữa vì có quá nhiều F4 nên họ gắn hệ thống bay remote control cho F4 (gắn ở ghế sau, ghế trước vẩn còn xài khi phi công thiệt cần bay) và đổi tên nó thành QF4. QF4 dùng để làm mục tiêu cho các loại tên lửa. Tên lửa dùng để bán QF4 không có gắn đầu đạn nên khi bị trúng không bị nổ và có thể bay về để xài lại.

bác 929rr ơi, đây là F4 cải tiến thành UAV ạ? Em chả thấy pilot đâu

Đúng vậy. Nhưng rất tiếc nó làm mục tiêu cho các loại tên lửa. Uổng phí quá.

Sao nó lại không cải tiến để thay cho Predator bác nhỉ? Thằng này chắc nâng cấp dễ (khoang máy rộng) lại là máy bay siêu âm, tầm xa, tải nặng. Có lý nào lại làm mục tiêu như thế nhỉ???

Hè hè, thời gian lượn lờ trên khu vực mục tiêu (loiter time) ngắn, kích thước, RCS lớn, trần bay không cao, dễ bị phát hiện nên không dùng làm RUAV thay Predator được. Tải nặng mà làm gì khi chỉ cần chở theo mấy cái camera.

Predator còn được gắn cả hellfire cơ mà? Mà trần bay F4 cao fết chứ, thời jan bay lượn thì cho nó xuất kích gần tiền tuyến nó bóp chết Predator??? Tải nặng không cần thì cho nó tải nhẹ, đỡ tốn dầu
Được kien098 sửa chữa / chuyển vào 01:34 ngày 20/11/2005

F4 to quá dễ phát hiện, mà F4 sao bay lâu bằng Predator hả bác ?, Predator nhẹ và cơ động hơn nhìu
System Cost: US$25 million (1999)
Contractor: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Incorporated
Landing Type: runway
Launch Type: runway
Power Plant:
RQ-1A: Rotax 912 four cylinder 60 kW engine
RQ-1B: 914 four cylinder turbo-charged 78 kW engine
Ceiling: 7.6 to 13.7 km (4.7 to 8.5 miles)
Endurance: 16 to 40 h
Fuel Capacity: 450 L (120 US gallons)
Length: 8.2 m (27 ft)
Height: 2.1 m (7 ft)
Payload: 204 kg (450 lb)
Armament: two AGM-114 Hellfire missiles
Weight: 431 kg empty; 1020 kg max
Wingspan: 14.8 m (48.7 ft)
Velocity: 135 km/h (84 mile/h)(cruise); 220 km/h (140 mile/h) (max)
Được mirage2310 sửa chữa / chuyển vào 10:29 ngày 20/11/2005
Được mirage2310 sửa chữa / chuyển vào 10:30 ngày 20/11/2005

QF4 dùng để làm mục tiêu cho người khác bắn.
Nó không làm nhiêm vụ trinh thám như Predator.

For those used to seeing the familiar A-10s
and C-130s taxiing around Davis-Monthan Air
Force Base and flying over Tucson, Ariz., the
sight of an F-4 can cause a double-take. Perhaps
many of those unfamiliar with these aircraft
were not even born when they were built.
For those familiar, the sight of the mighty Rhino
as it is affectionately called, evokes many
memories of the McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom
II.
Over 5,000 Phantoms were built from the
mid-1960s through the mid-1970s, making it
one of the largest lots of aircraft ever produced.
They performed well, much of it during combat,
for over ten nations â?" and still serve in
defense of a few of these countries today. The
last active F-4s, the G-Model â?~Wild Weasels,â?T
were retired in 1996. They were flown to the
Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration
Center, where they joined hundreds of their
brethren already in storage. AMARC now has
over 500 Phantoms in storage, down from over
1,000 in years past.
Last month, the AMARC aircrew delivered
the 156th Phantom for the Full Scale Aerial
Target program. This is about half- way through
the planned 350 deliveries scheduled to run
through 2009.
AMARC
Restoration is the first step in the regeneration
process that turns an F-4 from a latexcoated
airframe parked in desert storage into
a flying QF-4 target drone critical for weapons
testing. A very qualified and competent
workforce follows a 7-month program to make
these 30-year old aircraft, some of which have
been stored for over 12 years, ready to fly. Each
aircraft is brought up to the latest time compliance
technical orders, all components are
checked for wear and tear, and repaired or replaced
as necessary. The jet is then handed over
to the pilot and Weapon Systems Officer from
the AMARC Flight Test section. The WSO is
critical to the safety of the test mission because
of the important switches and circuit breakers
located in the back seat, which the pilot
would not have access to during solo flight. The
Flight Test crew averages three functional
check flights per jet before it is signed off as
ready for delivery. Several times a jet passes
in the first flight following regeneration. In
other words, a 30+ year-old jet, sitting in desert
storage for 12+ years, completes the entire
FCF profile in one flight and lands with no
write-ups.
BAE Systems, Mojave, Calif.
Once each aircraft completes the regeneration
and FCF program, it is delivered to
Mojave, Calif.
This small airport is the home of BAE Systems,
the company contracted to install the
remote control drone package. After the 5-
month work package is completed, the BAE
test pilot puts it through another round of
manned functional check flying.
The Phantom has now officially completed
the transformation into the QF-4. During this
conversion, several important switches and circuit
breakers are moved to the front ****pit,
making the jet safer for single seat flying. The
test pilot then delivers the QF-4 drones for acceptance
testing.
Tyndall AFB, Fla.
Upon acceptance from the contractor, the
new drones now belong to the 82nd Aerial Targets
Squadron, â?oTeam Target,â? at Tyndall Air
Force Base. They take each aircraft, energize
the remote-control package, and test fly it via
remote control.
There is a pilot on board acting as a safety
observer. If there is a system malfunction, the
pilot can disconnect the remote system and recover
the aircraft safely.
Once deemed ready, the drone is prepared
for its first pilot-less flight. The 82nd ATRS,
with over 30 QF-4 drones, specializes in providing
realistic targets for air-to-air missiles,
such as the AIM-120 ARAAM, AIM-7 Sparrow,
and AIM-9 Sidewinder.
Each target has about a 5-mission lifespan.
Often tests against the drones are conducted
with air-to-air and surface-to-air weapons lacking
warheads. A close pass will result in a proximity
kill via telemetry, but will spare the
drone to fly another mission.
The tail hook is lowered, and the jet is landed
and trapped in the arresting wires stretched
across the approach end of the runway. Often,
even though unarmed, the weapon will actually
hit the QF-4 and destroy it. If the aircraft
is still flying but a successful recovery is doubtful,
a self-destruct sequence is initiated.
Holloman AFB, N.M.
While Tyndall specializes in the air-to-air
arena, Detachment 1, 82nd ATRS of Holloman
Air Force Base, N.M. supports surface-to-air
missile system testing. They fly their missions
over the vast open spaces around the White
Sands Missile Range complex against Patriot,
Hawk, and other SAM systems.
The Full Scale Aerial Target remote-controllers
are able to fly the QF-4 to its limits, as if
they were actually in the aircraft. The Phantom
is capable of high speed at all altitudes,
and can carry thousands of pounds of defensive
systems which ensures a realistic target
and engagement for systems flying against
them.
Many ask, â?oDonâ?Tt you hate to be involved in
a program that sees these once proud
warhorses get shot down in flames as targets?â?
The answer is no, as the Phantoms continue in
valuable service to our nation. Through the
regeneration program, the mighty Phantoms
live again. (Information courtesy AMARC
Flight Operations)