F-106 Delta Dart
Convair F-106A Delta Dart
Vloga	Prestreznik
Proizvajalec/-ci	Convair General Dynamics
Krstni polet	26. december 1956
Predstavljen	Junij 1959
Upokojen	August 1988 (ANG); 1998 (NASA)
Glavni uporabniki	USAF Air National Guard (ANG)
Število izdelanih	342 (2 prototipa), 277 F-106A, 63 F-106B)
Cena enote	US$4,7 milijonov
Razvit iz	Convair F-102 Delta Dagger

Convair F-106 Delta Dart ("Delta kopje oz. sulica)") je bil vsevremenski enomotorni prestreznik, ki ga je zasnoval Convair za Ameriške letalske sile (USAF). F-106 je zadnji namensko grajeni ameriški prestreznik. Upokojili so ga v 1980ih, je pa ostal v uporabi kot zračna tarča QF-106 do leta 1998.

Podatki iz Quest for Performance^[1]

Splošne karakteristike

• Posadka: 1
• Dolžina: 70,7 ft (21,55 m)
• Razpon kril: 38,25 ft (11,67 m)
• Višina: 20,28 ft (6,18 m)
• Površina kril: 661,5ft²/61,52m² (originalno krilo) or 695 ft²/64.57m² (spremenjeno krilo) ()
• Aeroprofil: NACA 0004-65 mod
• Teža praznega letala: 24420 lb (11077 kg)
• Naložena teža: 34510 lb (15670 kg)
• Pogon letala: 1 × Pratt & Whitney J75-17 turboreaktivni motor z dodatnim zgorevanjem, 24500 lbf (109 kN)
• * Vitkost (krilo): 2,10

Zmogljivost

• Maks. hitrost: Mach 2,3 (1525 mph, 2455 km/h)
• Doseg: 1800 mi (1600 nm, 2900 km) bojni
• Največji doseg: 2700 mi (2300 nm, 4300 km)
• Višina leta: 57000 ft (17000 m)
• Hitrost vzpenjanja: 29000 ft/min (150 m/s)
• Obremenitev kril: 52 lb/ft² (255 kg/m²)
• Razmerje potisk/teža: 0,71
  
• Razmerje vzgon/upor: 12.1
• Čas do višine: 6,9 min do 52700 ft (16065 m)

Oborožitev

• Strelno orožje: 1 20 mm caliber M61 Vulcan 6-cevni Gatlingov top (po letu 1972)
• Izstrelki:
  
  • 2 AIM-4F Falcon
  • 2 AIM-4G Falcon
  • 1 AIR-2A Genie z jedrsko konico ali AIM-26 Super Falcon (pred 1972)

• Convair XF-92
• Convair F-102 Delta Dagger
• Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow
• Dassault Mirage III
• English Electric Lightning
• Mikojan-Gurevič MiG-21/Čengdu J-7
• Saab 35 Draken
• Suhoj Su-9/Su-11
• Suhoj Su-15
• Lovci serije Century
• Sky Scorcher

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Wikimedijina zbirka ponuja več predstavnostnega gradiva o temi: Convair F-106 Delta Dart.

• F-106 Delta Dart Ultimate Interceptor, by Pat's World
• Convair F-106A Delta Dart
• NMUSAF exhibit: Convair F-106A "Delta Dart
• AeroWeb list of surviving F-106 Delta Darts on display in the US including radio-controlled drones