F-8 Radome Comparisons

The F-8A through F-8D had a narrow radome (strictly speaking, the A's nose was only a radome at the very tip for a range-finder radar); the F-8E had a wider, round radome. The A/D radome cross-section is on the left; the E's is on the right:


 The upper set of pictures is the early radome, the lower is the later one.


The F-8A also had a small window on the left side of the nose for a gun camera.


The round (wider) radome required a different interface with the forward fuselage (note that the pitot of the E radome has moved from the side of the fuselage as shown above and on the left below to the tip of the radome and the vents aft of the radome are different in number and location):



The later round radome was also not symmetrical from top to bottom when viewed from the side:


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