F8U (F-8) Wing
9 August 2022: Added information about the color of the underside of the wing that was above the fuselage The F8U had two different wings: Original and BLC (Boundary Layer Control). The BLC wing was developed for the French Navy Crusader E(FN) to provide a lower landing speed. It was incorporated in the remanufacture of U.S. Navy F-8Es that were designated F-8J for the same reason but not retrofitted to any earlier F-8s, including rebuilds. When the original wing was raised (to 7° incidence), the leading and trailing edge flaps and ailerons automatically drooped from the cruise neutral position, i.e. leading-edge flaps up. Most of the trailing edge control surfaces were ailerons. A small inboard section next to the fuselage was an actual flap, in that it was either up or down. The trailing edge surfaces drooped 20°. The outboard leading edge flaps drooped 27°; the inboard (center section), 25°. The Unit Horizontal Tail (aka stabilator) moved 5° leading edge up for nose-down pitch