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Old March 6th 04, 10:44 PM
Ed Majden
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Default F-101 IR Target Seeker Head.

Anyone need an IR target seeker head from a Voodoo for your collection?
;-) Stumbled across this on the web! Just what every military enthusiast
needs, eh!

Infrared Receiver P/N 463767-110, FSN 12709541589
$ 600.00 US Please visit: www.torontosurplus.com for further details.
This unit was used on the F-101 Voodoo aircraft as part of their aircraft
fire control system when firing missiles at enemy aircraft. It has a
thermally cooled detector inside and two rate gyros on a gimbled platform.
If you strip this unit down it makes a nice gyro stabilized platform for
standard cameras. No electronics is inside the unit other than a
pre-amplifier for the detector assembly.
The globe that you see on the outside is 1/4" thick germanium and is quite
expensive.
There are other germanium filters inside as well as some optics.
$ 600.00 US