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The Republic F-105 Thunderchief is the largest single seat, single engine aircraft and the first supersonic tactical fighter.
It was conceived in 1951 in a project as a tactical fighter/bomber. The aircraft was produced in single and two seat versions, with F and G designations assigned to the latter.
In Vietnam, beginning in January of 1965, the F-105 Thunderchief was the primary attack fighter of the USAF. It flew 75% of all air strikes against North Vietnam in the first four years it was used during the war.
The Thunderchief was not built for dogfighting. It was built to deliver a large amount of ordnance while flying at high speeds at low levels. However, it did achieved some success in air-to-air combat.
The aircraft downed some 25 enemy fighters during the Vietnam War, while losing 17 of the own in air-to-air combat.
The F-105 Thunderchief could hold 7,656 lbs. of fuel within its fuselage. An additional 7,260 lbs. of fuel could be carried in tanks suspended beneath the wings and fuselage.
When not carrying a bomb internally, it could carry an additional 2,574 lbs of fuel in the space the bomb would occupy.
Republic F-105 Thunderchief aircraft flew for the U.S.A.F. until they were retired in July of 1980. A total of 833 of all types were produced.
Pictured above is the rc F-105 Thunderchief from a Century Jet Models kit for sale, built by Steve Manzilla.
It has a length of 76" and a wingspan of 44". Steve powers it with an O.S. 91VR-DF engine driving a 5" fan.
In the picture below is the foamy and balsa rc F-105 Thunderchief built by J. Morgan of RC Groups. Length is 52" and wingspan is 32". Power comes from a Himax 2816-1220 motor driving an APC 8 x 6 pusher prop.
The second picture below is of another Century Jet Models kit rc F-105 Thunderchief. It is available in both a model D with a 76" length and a model F with a 82" length. Both have a wing span of 44" with an all up weight of about 16 lbs.
The bottom picture is of the Parkjet plans rc F-105 Thunderchief designed by J. Forkner. It is a foamy pusher prop with a 25" wingspan that is 48" long with a weight of about 1 1/2 lbs.
Century Jet Models has both a basic kit and a deluxe kit with retracts for sale of the rc F-105 Thunderchief.
Retractable scale landing gear are also available separately from Century Jet Models for their rc F-105 Thunderchief.
Bob Fischer writes: "I really like the rc F-105 Thunderchief from Century Jet Models. It reminds me of my days during the Vietnam War working to keep F-105 Thunderchief aircraft flying.
On March 1, 1965 our F-105 Thunderchief aircraft, flying out of Thailand, were part of operation Rolling Thunder. Typical ordnance consisted of six 500 lb. bombs and two 250 lb. bombs.
A lot of people claimed that the campaign did not live up to its name. HQ in Saigon was not in the loop as far as controlling missions. All the calls were made directly from Washington, D.C., many thousands of miles away. For some reason our aircraft were going up against what appeared to be
random targets rather than working on cutting important enemy lines of transportation.
The F-105 Thunderchief aircraft went up against radar directed triple A and SAM's. The pilots were all heroes in my book. The gave as good as they took, and more. Unfortunately many never returned from their missions.
I fly my rc F-105 Thunderchief just like the real aircraft making high speed low altitude bombing and strafing runs."
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The rc F-105 Thunderchief by J. Morgan.
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Century Jet Models rc F-105 Thunderchief.
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A rc F-105 Thunderchief from Parkjet plans.
RAFster of RC Groups mentioned the rc F-105 Thunderchief in a post.
EricClark of RC Universe started a thread about building a rc F-105 Thunderchief pusher prop. He never completed the project.
At RC Universe billrcpilot was looking for rc F-105 Thunderchief plans.
At RC Universe jet-ster wanted to know if there were any rc F-105 plans.
At You Tube you can find a video of the rc F-105 Thunderchief by Ben Song.
At You Tube crusader posted a cartoon video of the rc F-105 Thunderchief.
There is a profile page at RC Universe of a rc F-105 Thunderchief kit.
Ferris44 of RC Universe was looking for a rc F-105 Thunderchief.
At RC Universe ps2727 posted pictures of a giant scale rc F-105 Thunderchief project that he doesn't appear to have ever completed.
At RC Universe scaledeli was looking for a rc F-105 Thunderchief kit.
At the California RC Jet Assn. Manufacturers list you will find a link to the Century Jet rc F-105 Thunderchief.
Dumas has a F-105 Thunderchief scale model kit for sale.
At RC Warbirds Rolf mentions the rc F-105 Thunderchief.
There is a video of a rc F-105 Thunderchief posted at Kendincos.
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