Definitely NOT a Vark: The RAAF RA-5C build...AT LAST!

[Overkiller]

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[MilitaryAircraft101]

Bloody brilliant 

[buzzbomb]

Yes... this just works.

[rickshaw]

Interesting.  Weapons in that time period in RL could be the following on the F-111C:

Iron bombs
Laser guided bombs
Harpoon missiles
Sidewinders
Vulcan 20mm (in the weapons bay - not really going to work with a Vigilante though).
Popeye standoff missiles (officially adopted, never deployed though, as far as I am aware).
Reconnaissance pallet.

Of course, you might want to throw some whiff missiles in with the whiff plane.

[Supertom]

Oooooh....I'm keeping an eye on this one.

[Thorvic]

Interesting.  Weapons in that time period in RL could be the following on the F-111C:

Iron bombs
Laser guided bombs
Harpoon missiles
Sidewinders
Vulcan 20mm (in the weapons bay - not really going to work with a Vigilante though).
Popeye standoff missiles (officially adopted, never deployed though, as far as I am aware).
Reconnaissance pallet.

Of course, you might want to throw some whiff missiles in with the whiff plane.

I suppose the Recon palet could be revised to create a gun mounting although it could be a cannon as opposed to a Gatling gun ?

Where there any locally developed RAAF air launched weaponry, i recall spellbinder mentioning a Cluster Bomb developed locally and now in a museum ?

[Thorvic]

Looking forward to finally seeing this one built as i remember it was always on your to build list since we first got to know you on the forum.

Should look the part when its completed and in camo and armed up 

[PR19_Kit]

A Pave Tack pod grafted on in place of the recce pack might look quite good too.

[Mossie]

This'll be nice!

I suppose the Recon palet could be revised to create a gun mounting although it could be a cannon as opposed to a Gatling gun ?

Where there any locally developed RAAF air launched weaponry, i recall spellbinder mentioning a Cluster Bomb developed locally and now in a museum ?

Definately, something like the NR.349 arrangement Geoff?

[rickshaw]

Interesting.  Weapons in that time period in RL could be the following on the F-111C:

Iron bombs
Laser guided bombs
Harpoon missiles
Sidewinders
Vulcan 20mm (in the weapons bay - not really going to work with a Vigilante though).
Popeye standoff missiles (officially adopted, never deployed though, as far as I am aware).
Reconnaissance pallet.

Of course, you might want to throw some whiff missiles in with the whiff plane.

I suppose the Recon palet could be revised to create a gun mounting although it could be a cannon as opposed to a Gatling gun ?

Where there any locally developed RAAF air launched weaponry, i recall spellbinder mentioning a Cluster Bomb developed locally and now in a museum ?

Never head of a cluster bomb.

DSTO developed a glide bomb and a GPS guided version as well.  Called GTV and Kerkanya, respectively they had apparently a modular warhead design and were very accurate.



Carlo Kopp has a webpage on them.  Unfortunately, it never reached production.

As to the utility of the Vulcan on the F-111, I've often had my doubts and the Sidewinders were obviously intended for self-defence rather than necessarily fighter duties, per se.

[Thorvic]

Look up "Karinga cluster bomb", that was going to be a locally produced munition

(At work at the moment so firewall filters would prevent a viable search for suitable links)

[rickshaw]

Well, the RAAF did upgrade its F-111s' avionics to digital and remanufacture the wings.

You mention the Ginter book - is it any good?  Does it have much detail on the RAAF's interest in the A-5?

[Old Wombat]

Like the concept. Waiting... Waiting... Waiting... For the development!