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Tidal Quad Modular Filter
Only 15-20 are build
The Tidal Quad is a 4-channel filterbank with extensive control and modulation possibilities. The filter can be used in High-/ Low-/ or Bandpass with an Envelope follower for each mode. There is also an LFO for each set of 2 Channels which allows complex modulations. Additionally it offers a Waveshaper for each channel. For friends of analog distortion this unit leaves no wish open.
* 4x HP/BP/LP - Filtermodule
* LFO Channel 1+2 (Cutoff)
* LFO Channel 3+4 (Cutoff)
* LFO each channel positive or negative switch
* 1 Waveshaper per Channel
* 4x Sidechain Input with Envelope Follower for Cutoff-Modulation
The resonant filter might be the most important effect in popular music these days. However if you want to insert a filter on multiple channels of your mixer and also would like to have a lot of knobs and modulation possibilities, there was no real solution. That's why Tidal Music Electronics announces it's four channel desktop multimode filter. You can switch the four individual resonant filters between Lowpass, Bandpass and Highpass modus. Each filter can be modulated by an envelope follower, a LFO and an external CV. The envelope follower is specially designed to track percussive sounds without false triggering, a key feature when used with drumcomputers, grooveboxes or guitar.
Maximum Modulation:
Each filterbank has 4 VCFs, 4 Waveshapers, 4 Envelopefollowers and 2 Low Frequency Oscillators (LFOs). The filters are switchable between 3 modes, Lowpass, Bandpass and Highpass. The Low- and Bandpass are 24 dB and the Highpass is 12 dB/Oct. The cutoff of each channel can be modulated by it's own Envelope follower which can be fed by a sidechain input or by the audiosignal itself. This option gives you the possibilities to create very funky filter-effects. Each LFO modulates 2 channels and every channel has it's own depth controller which can be set positive or negative. This can be used to generate cool stereo effects.
The Waveshaper
The waveshaper is one of the components which give the filterbank it's unique sound. It actually is a wavefolder which "folds" the tops of the waveform back instead of clipping. This sounds a bit like an overdrive but also has some characteristics of Frequency Modulation.
To give you a better idea what the waveshaper actually does we'll illustrate what happens with a simple sine wave using different ratio settings for each of the two shaper modes.
fc to lc custom purple fiber optic cable Ethernet patch cord available in single-mode 9/125 and multi-mode 62.5/125
The SENKO LC Unibody is fully compatible with the original LC family of singlemode and multimode connectors, adapters and associated components, manufactured under a worldwide license from OFS Fitel. The Unibody features a compact, pull-proof design with RJ-45 style interface, and features a one-piece molded housing with internal strength member, for significantly improved 90º side-pull performance under Telcordia GR-326-CORE testing. It is manufactured using a ruggedized material that results in a latch trigger up to four times stronger than average.
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Dassault Rafale
THALES
DAMOCLES POD
The Thales Damocles is a multimode, multifunction targeting pod. It was developed for use by the Mirage 2000 and Rafale multirole fighters.
The CT fiber coupler line consists of MT-RJ, LC, SC, ST and SC/ST hybrid adapters available in 2 and 4 fiber versions. Angled versions are available with our patented gravityfeed design for controlling the bend radius of fiber cables at the work area. All fiber adapters are “universal” to support either multimode or singlemode fiber connections.
Flat coupler with 2 duplex LC adapters (4 fibers)
Siemon MAX fiber adapter modules are compatible with all MAX series faceplates, modular furniture adapters, surface mount boxes and patch panels. All fiber adapters are “universal” to support either multimode or singlemode fiber connections.
Flat module with 1 simplex ST adapter (1 fiber)
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CommScope, along with our partners Avago Technologies and Ixia, came together at Datacenter Dynamics Converged in San Francisco to demonstrate something special. We demonstrated an error-free 40 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) transmission over one kilometer of laser-optimized multimode fiber.
Siemon MAX fiber adapter modules are compatible with all MAX series faceplates, modular furniture adapters, surface mount boxes and patch panels. All fiber adapters are “universal” to support either multimode or singlemode fiber connections.
Flat module with 1 duplex LC adapter (2 fibers)
It enabled multimode fiber to advance to support 10Gb/s networks that are the foundation of most enterprise data centers today. Further improvements led to OM4. Standardized as TIA-492AAAD, OM4 is optimized for the 25Gb/s per lane applications now emerging. The latest improvement makes OM4 fiber able to support multiple wavelengths with “WideBand” MMF that has just completed standardization as TIA-492AAAE, and is poised to support a range of new applications based on SWDM (short wavelength division multiplexing) to keep multimode cabling capable of delivering the lowest cost solutions. In short, these innovations have allowed multimode fiber to be a significant differentiator for CommScope by offering value to customers while extending MMF’s life cycle by at least 20 years. The revenue stream from these innovations is measured in the billions of dollars, and these fibers are referenced as recommended media in all of the Ethernet and Fibre Channel applications standards since 2002. www.commscope.com/top-40-innovations/
CommScope, along with our partners Avago Technologies and Ixia, came together at Datacenter Dynamics Converged in San Francisco to demonstrate something special. We demonstrated an error-free 40 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) transmission over one kilometer of laser-optimized multimode fiber.
The MapIT G2 Smart Fiber Enclosures are an industry first in intelligent infrastructure management. Available
in both MTP to LC plug and play and LC to LC field terminated versions, the enclosures feature on panel
intelligence and a combination of LEDs and a backlit LCD to guide technicians. The LCD can be used to display patch cord trace and connectivity diagnostic information. It can also be used to troubleshoot network issues, which can drastically reduce downtime and increase productivity. Also, since it is actively connected to your database, you could even use it as a virtual label, dynamically displaying panel and port information directly from the MapIT IM and PLM software.
High Performance — Available in 40 and 100Gb/s-ready OM4 MTP plug and play versions as well as multimode and singlemode LC field-terminated connectivity
Smart — on panel intelligence tracks fiber
jumper connections and drives LCD/LEDs
for tech guidance
Green — MapIT G2 uses 78% less power than competing systems and run cool for
reduced heat generation
High Density — Up to 48 fibers in a single 1U space
Scalable — MapIT G2 Smart Enclosures can
support systems ranging from small, two enclosure remote sites to large 1000 + panel data centers
* Pop-up multimode flash with auto, fill, slow sync, and red-eye reduction.
* Swiveling Nikkor 4x optical zoom (38-152mm in 35mm equivalent)
* Macro focus with AF as close as 2cm
* 1.8-inch TFT color monitor
* CompactFlash Type II card slot (Microdrives work but use at own risk)
* EN-EL1 rechargeable battery and charger included
* Quick Review feature from the Coolpix 880
* Programmed Auto (with Shift), Shutter-Priority, Aperture-Priority and Full Manual exposure modes
* Drive modes: Single, Continuous, Ultra High Speed Continuous, VGA Sequence.
* Coolpix-exclusive Best Shot Selector exposure mode
* Shutter speeds from 1/2300 sec. to 8 secs (Bulb to 60 secs)
* Aperture settings from F2.6 to F10.3
* 7-bladed lens diaphram for true depth of field control
* Control of color saturation intensity
* Five-area multifocus system with 7,123-step AF and Spot-AF
* 256-segment Matrix Metering, Center-weighted or Spot
* Noise Reduction for long exposures
* ISO sensitivity of 100, 200, 400 or 800 (even in Shutter speed priority mode)
* Matrix Auto White Balance plus Fine, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Cloudy, Speedlight and Preset.
* AE Bracketing with white balance as well as exposure value
* 7,123-step autofocus with 50-step manual focus
* Record images in TIFF-RGB (uncompressed) or JPEG Fine (1/4), Normal (1/8), or Basic (1/16).
* Lens section lock prevents "drooping" when using heavy lenses
* Epson PRINT Image Matching Technology compatible
* External sync connector for Nikon Speedlights
* High speed USB port for image download
* User-upgradeable camera firmware
* Compatible with all Nikkor-Coolpix auxilliary lenses
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The 2M transceiver used here at Chez Barnes, which chunters away on the desk. Icom 2M multimode of 1981 vintage running 10W (or 1W) into a home-bru 'Slim Jim'.
Sometimes moved to bash the key (RAF 'D'-type) down the bottom end, or even take up the microphone!
What is Fiber Optic pigtail
The pigtail is a SC, LC, ST or FC termination connect with a fiber cable at one end. The fiber cable can be different length and the diameter is uasually 0.9mm.
Another end of the cable splice with optical cables. Most of the time, the multimode is orange, and uasually connect with multimode fiber transceiver. The single-mode pigtail is yellow, and connect with single-mode fiber transceiver or optical transceiver.
The function of the fber optical pigtail
The purpose of the pigtail is mainly to connect the joints at both ends of the fiber. One end of the pigtail is welded to the fiber cable, and the other end is connected to the fiber transceiver or the fiber module through a connector (ST, SC, LC, FC,MTRJ) to form an optical data transmission path. The ST connector is typically first switched with a coupler and then connected to a fiber optic transceiver or fiber optic module. If SC, LC, MTRJ headers are selected, they can be inserted directly into the fiber module, but this is generally not recommended. When selecting the pigtail, it should be noted that it matches the specifications of the fiber, including the multimode fiber and the single mode fiber.
12 colored fiber pigtails are also so popular in fiber cabling system. The 12 colorful fiber pigtail is loaded in the fiber patch penels, FTTH box and fiber enclosures to splice with coming fiber cables.
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Siemon MAX fiber adapter modules are compatible with all MAX series faceplates, modular furniture adapters, surface mount boxes and patch panels. All fiber adapters are “universal” to support either multimode or singlemode fiber connections.
Angled module with 1 duplex ST adapter (2 fibers)
Electronic musicians "The Muzzle" and Members of "Caused by the Sun"
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In addition to WBMMF, CommScope also supplied other important elements of the communication infrastructure network for the Golden 1 Center including: over 900 miles of TeraSPEED® ZWP single-mode fiber and SYSTIMAX® GigaSPEED® X10D copper cabling, supporting more than 3,000 outlets.
Electronic musicians "The Muzzle" and Members of "Caused by the Sun"
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CommScope, along with our partners Avago Technologies and Ixia, came together at Datacenter Dynamics Converged in San Francisco to demonstrate something special. We demonstrated an error-free 40 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) transmission over one kilometer of laser-optimized multimode fiber.
CommScope’s LazrSPEED® 550 WideBand Multimode Fiber forms the cabling backbone in the arena’s data center and, along with other equipment, will support all wired and wireless communications within the Golden 1 Center.
CommScope, along with our partners Avago Technologies and Ixia, came together at Datacenter Dynamics Converged in San Francisco to demonstrate something special. We demonstrated an error-free 40 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) transmission over one kilometer of laser-optimized multimode fiber.
Electronic musicians "The Muzzle" and Members of "Caused by the Sun"
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The CT fiber coupler line consists of MT-RJ, LC, SC, ST and SC/ST hybrid adapters available in 2 and 4 fiber versions. Angled versions are available with our patented gravityfeed
design for controlling the bend radius of fiber cables at the work area. All fiber adapters are “universal” to support either multimode or singlemode fiber connections.
Angled coupler with 1 duplex LC adapter (2 fibers)
SMS303's Ultra Rare Dutch
Tidal Quad Modular Filter
Only 15-20 are build
Back rear controls, in-outputs
The Tidal Quad is a 4-channel filterbank with extensive control and modulation possibilities. The filter can be used in High-/ Low-/ or Bandpass with an Envelope follower for each mode. There is also an LFO for each set of 2 Channels which allows complex modulations. Additionally it offers a Waveshaper for each channel. For friends of analog distortion this unit leaves no wish open.
* 4x HP/BP/LP - Filtermodule
* LFO Channel 1+2 (Cutoff)
* LFO Channel 3+4 (Cutoff)
* LFO each channel positive or negative switch
* 1 Waveshaper per Channel
* 4x Sidechain Input with Envelope Follower for Cutoff-Modulation
The resonant filter might be the most important effect in popular music these days. However if you want to insert a filter on multiple channels of your mixer and also would like to have a lot of knobs and modulation possibilities, there was no real solution. That's why Tidal Music Electronics announces it's four channel desktop multimode filter. You can switch the four individual resonant filters between Lowpass, Bandpass and Highpass modus. Each filter can be modulated by an envelope follower, a LFO and an external CV. The envelope follower is specially designed to track percussive sounds without false triggering, a key feature when used with drumcomputers, grooveboxes or guitar.
Maximum Modulation:
Each filterbank has 4 VCFs, 4 Waveshapers, 4 Envelopefollowers and 2 Low Frequency Oscillators (LFOs). The filters are switchable between 3 modes, Lowpass, Bandpass and Highpass. The Low- and Bandpass are 24 dB and the Highpass is 12 dB/Oct. The cutoff of each channel can be modulated by it's own Envelope follower which can be fed by a sidechain input or by the audiosignal itself. This option gives you the possibilities to create very funky filter-effects. Each LFO modulates 2 channels and every channel has it's own depth controller which can be set positive or negative. This can be used to generate cool stereo effects.
The Waveshaper
The waveshaper is one of the components which give the filterbank it's unique sound. It actually is a wavefolder which "folds" the tops of the waveform back instead of clipping. This sounds a bit like an overdrive but also has some characteristics of Frequency Modulation.
To give you a better idea what the waveshaper actually does we'll illustrate what happens with a simple sine wave using different ratio settings for each of the two shaper modes.
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The A-6 Intruder was designed to serve two primary roles: One, to replace the aging A-1 Skyraider and supplement the A-4 Skyhawks in the carrier-based strike role, and two, to give the U.S. Navy a genuine all-weather strike aircraft. The requirement was issued in 1957, and Grumman’s A2F-1 design was selected, with the first flight occurring in 1960. In 1962, just before entering the fleet in 1963, the Intruder was re-designated as the A-6A.
The A-6 was designed to hit targets with pinpoint accuracy in adverse weather conditions, day or night, similar to what the USAF would later require for the F-111 Aardvarks. For this reason, it was built around the Digital Integrated Attack/Navigation Equipment (DIANE). It used three radar systems to constantly update the Internal Navigation System (INS) and provide attack data to the bombardier/navigator sitting in the right seat. The system itself proved to be very complicated, and it would take years to perfect. Since the weather and night would be the Intruder’s primary defense, no internal armament equipped the aircraft, though it could carry an impressive 18,000-pound payload.
The Intruder was committed early to the Vietnam War, which showed the flaws in the DIANE system and a more lethal one in the bomb delivery system, which tended to set off the bombs prematurely, destroying the aircraft. Gradually, improvements were made, and despite losing 84 Intruders in Vietnam, it proved to be a highly effective aircraft. Until the bugs were ironed out of the F-111As in 1971, the A-6 remained the only American aircraft that could attack during monsoon season.
Specialized A-6Bs were also explicitly produced for Iron Hand defense suppression missions and A-6Cs for anti-trucking operations on the Ho Chi Minh Trail. All three variants were replaced by the newer A-6Es beginning in 1971: this replaced DIANE with a more advanced solid-state computer and the three radars with a single AN/APQ-148 multimode radar. In 1979, the A-6E was further modified by installing a Target Recognition Attack Multisensor (TRAM), consisting of a turret in the nose containing FLIR linked to the radar and a new bomb computer. Aside from making the already accurate A-6 even more deadly, it also allowed the Intruder to drop laser-guided bombs, hit moving targets with bombs, and use passive radar to attack a target.
The A-6s would find themselves once more heavily deployed during the First Gulf War, flying 4,700 sorties for the loss of four aircraft; its final roles would be supporting U.S. Marines in Somalia in 1991 and UN forces in Bosnia in 1995. By then, surviving A-6Es had been partially upgraded to allow them to fire all newer guided weapons in the inventory (the AGM-84 Harpoon, AGM-65 Maverick, and AGM-88 HARM). At the same time, most of the fleet had also received composite wings.
Grumman further proposed an updated version, designated as the A-6F, with new avionics and engines. The U.S. Navy rejected this to replace the Intruder with the canceled stealthy A-12A Avenger II, then the F/A-18C/D Hornet. The last of the A-6Es left U.S. Navy service by February of 1997; the U.S. Marine Corps had retired theirs in 1993. Older, non-modified aircraft were sunk as artificial reefs off the coast of Florida, while others remained at AMARC for eventual scrapping or preservation.
This A-6E, BuNo 155713, was originally built as an A-6A in 1969 and made its first deployment with VA-52 ("Knightriders") aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63). While aboard the USS Constellation (CV-64) with VA-165 ("Boomers"), it participated in Operation Linebacker strikes against Vietnam in the spring of 1972.
In 1977, 155713 was upgraded to an A-6E and would spend most of the 1980s back with VA-165 and again aboard the Kitty Hawk. Its final assignment was with VA-128 ("Golden Intruders"), the Replacement Air Group unit for Pacific Fleet A-6 squadrons at NAS Whidbey Island, Washington. It was retired from Navy service in 1995, and after a short period in storage, it was donated to PASM later that year.
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The CT fiber coupler line consists of MT-RJ, LC, SC, ST and SC/ST hybrid adapters available in 2 and 4 fiber versions. Angled versions are available with our patented gravityfeed design for controlling the bend radius of fiber cables at the work area. All fiber adapters are “universal” to support either multimode or singlemode fiber connections.
Flat coupler with 1 duplex LC adapter (2 fibers)
SMS303's Ultra Rare Dutch
Tidal Quad Modular Filter
Only 15-20 are build
The Tidal Quad is a 4-channel filterbank with extensive control and modulation possibilities. The filter can be used in High-/ Low-/ or Bandpass with an Envelope follower for each mode. There is also an LFO for each set of 2 Channels which allows complex modulations. Additionally it offers a Waveshaper for each channel. For friends of analog distortion this unit leaves no wish open.
* 4x HP/BP/LP - Filtermodule
* LFO Channel 1+2 (Cutoff)
* LFO Channel 3+4 (Cutoff)
* LFO each channel positive or negative switch
* 1 Waveshaper per Channel
* 4x Sidechain Input with Envelope Follower for Cutoff-Modulation
The resonant filter might be the most important effect in popular music these days. However if you want to insert a filter on multiple channels of your mixer and also would like to have a lot of knobs and modulation possibilities, there was no real solution. That's why Tidal Music Electronics announces it's four channel desktop multimode filter. You can switch the four individual resonant filters between Lowpass, Bandpass and Highpass modus. Each filter can be modulated by an envelope follower, a LFO and an external CV. The envelope follower is specially designed to track percussive sounds without false triggering, a key feature when used with drumcomputers, grooveboxes or guitar.
Maximum Modulation:
Each filterbank has 4 VCFs, 4 Waveshapers, 4 Envelopefollowers and 2 Low Frequency Oscillators (LFOs). The filters are switchable between 3 modes, Lowpass, Bandpass and Highpass. The Low- and Bandpass are 24 dB and the Highpass is 12 dB/Oct. The cutoff of each channel can be modulated by it's own Envelope follower which can be fed by a sidechain input or by the audiosignal itself. This option gives you the possibilities to create very funky filter-effects. Each LFO modulates 2 channels and every channel has it's own depth controller which can be set positive or negative. This can be used to generate cool stereo effects.
The Waveshaper
The waveshaper is one of the components which give the filterbank it's unique sound. It actually is a wavefolder which "folds" the tops of the waveform back instead of clipping. This sounds a bit like an overdrive but also has some characteristics of Frequency Modulation.
To give you a better idea what the waveshaper actually does we'll illustrate what happens with a simple sine wave using different ratio settings for each of the two shaper modes.
SMS303's Ultra Rare Dutch
Tidal Quad Modular Filter
Only 15-20 are build
The Tidal Quad is a 4-channel filterbank with extensive control and modulation possibilities. The filter can be used in High-/ Low-/ or Bandpass with an Envelope follower for each mode. There is also an LFO for each set of 2 Channels which allows complex modulations. Additionally it offers a Waveshaper for each channel. For friends of analog distortion this unit leaves no wish open.
* 4x HP/BP/LP - Filtermodule
* LFO Channel 1+2 (Cutoff)
* LFO Channel 3+4 (Cutoff)
* LFO each channel positive or negative switch
* 1 Waveshaper per Channel
* 4x Sidechain Input with Envelope Follower for Cutoff-Modulation
The resonant filter might be the most important effect in popular music these days. However if you want to insert a filter on multiple channels of your mixer and also would like to have a lot of knobs and modulation possibilities, there was no real solution. That's why Tidal Music Electronics announces it's four channel desktop multimode filter. You can switch the four individual resonant filters between Lowpass, Bandpass and Highpass modus. Each filter can be modulated by an envelope follower, a LFO and an external CV. The envelope follower is specially designed to track percussive sounds without false triggering, a key feature when used with drumcomputers, grooveboxes or guitar.
Maximum Modulation:
Each filterbank has 4 VCFs, 4 Waveshapers, 4 Envelopefollowers and 2 Low Frequency Oscillators (LFOs). The filters are switchable between 3 modes, Lowpass, Bandpass and Highpass. The Low- and Bandpass are 24 dB and the Highpass is 12 dB/Oct. The cutoff of each channel can be modulated by it's own Envelope follower which can be fed by a sidechain input or by the audiosignal itself. This option gives you the possibilities to create very funky filter-effects. Each LFO modulates 2 channels and every channel has it's own depth controller which can be set positive or negative. This can be used to generate cool stereo effects.
The Waveshaper
The waveshaper is one of the components which give the filterbank it's unique sound. It actually is a wavefolder which "folds" the tops of the waveform back instead of clipping. This sounds a bit like an overdrive but also has some characteristics of Frequency Modulation.
To give you a better idea what the waveshaper actually does we'll illustrate what happens with a simple sine wave using different ratio settings for each of the two shaper modes.
Electronic musicians "The Muzzle" and Members of "Caused by the Sun"
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M-SFE-LC48-(XX)- MapIT G2 LC 48-fiber Smart Fiber Enclosure, black, Multimode
Includes 24 duplex MM, LC adapters, cable ties, panel ground lug, fiber management clips, label holder and labels
The CT fiber coupler line consists of MT-RJ, LC, SC, ST and SC/ST hybrid adapters available in 2 and 4 fiber versions. Angled versions are available with our patented gravityfeed
design for controlling the bend radius of fiber cables at the work area. All fiber adapters are “universal” to support either multimode or singlemode fiber connections.
Flat coupler with 1 duplex SC adapter (2 fibers)
Dassault Rafale
AVION DE COMBAT OMNIROLE BIRÉACTEUR
DAMOCLES POD
THALES
DAMOCLES POD
The Thales Damocles is a multimode, multifunction targeting pod. It was developed for use by the Mirage 2000 and Rafale multirole fighters.
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Firewire Optical Extender allows you to extend a firewire device up to 500 meters using multimode fiber optic cable. The local and remote units connect using multimode fiber optic cable. Firewire Optical Extender is ideal solution for a wide range of applications like audio/video broadcasting, security systems, firewire networking etc.
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The fourth of the 1950s era “Century Series,” the F-104 Starfighter was designed around one single element: speed. Clarence “Kelly” Johnson, head of Lockheed’s famous “Skunk Works” factory, had interviewed US Air Force pilots during the Korean War, seeking their input on any new fighter. Since the pilots reported that they wanted high performance more than anything else, Johnson returned to the United States determined to deliver exactly that: a simple, point-defense interceptor marrying the lightest airframe to the most powerful engine then available, the superb General Electric J79.
When Johnson offered the L-098 design to the USAF in 1952, the service was so impressed that they created an entire competition for the aircraft to be accepted, ostensibly as a F-100 Super Sabre replacement. The Lockheed design had the clear edge, though both North American’s and Northrop’s design went on to be built themselves—the North American F-107A Ultra Sabre and the Northrop T-38 Talon. The USAF purchased the L-098 as the F-104A Starfighter. The design changed very little from initial design to prototype to operational aircraft, which was done in the astonishing time of two years.
When the first F-104As reached the USAF in 1958, pilots quickly found that it was indeed a hot fighter—too hot. The Starfighter’s design philosophy of speed above all else resulted in an aircraft with a long fuselage, T-tail for stability, and small wings, which were so thin that special guards had to be put on the leading edges to avoid injuring ground personnel. Because of its small wing, the F-104 required a lot of runway, and blown flaps (which vents airflow from the engine over the flaps to increase lift) were a necessity; unfortunately, the airflow system often failed, which meant that the F-104 pilot would be coming in at a dangerous rate of speed. Because it was feared that a pilot who ejected from a F-104 would never clear the tail, a downward-ejection seat was fitted, but after killing over 20 pilots, the seat was retrofitted with a more reliable, upward-firing type. The design also was not very maneuverable in the horizontal, though it was difficult to match in the vertical. Its shape earned it the moniker “Missile With a Man In It” and “Zipper.”
One thing pilots did not complain about was its speed—the listed top speed of the F-104 was Mach 2.2, but this was because above that the fuselage would melt. The J79 was a near flawless engine that gave the Starfighter an excellent thrust-to-weight ratio; uniquely, the intake design of the Starfighter gave the engine a bansheelike wail. So superb was the F-104 at level speed and climbing that NASA leased several as trainers for the X-15 program, and in setting a number of speed and time-to-climb records.
If the F-104 had gotten a mixed reception at best in the USAF, Lockheed felt that it had potential as an export aircraft. Beating out several excellent British and other American designs in a 1961 competition, every NATO nation except France and Great Britain bought F-104s and manufactured their own as the F-104G; Japan also license-built Starfighters as F-104Js, while still more were supplied to Pakistan and Taiwan. Just as in USAF service, accident rates were incredibly high, particularly in West German and Canadian service—Germany lost 30 percent of its initial batch, and the Canadians over half. Worries that the F-104 was too “hot” for pilots usually transitioning from the F-86 were ignored, and later it was learned why: German, Dutch, and Japanese politicians later admitted to being bribed by Lockheed into buying the Starfighter.
Its high accident rate earned such nicknames as “Widowmaker,” “Flying Coffin,” and “Ground Nail.” Pakistani pilots simply called it Badmash (“Criminal”) and the Japanese Eiko (“Glory,” inferring that it was the easiest way to reach it). German pilots joked that the quickest way to obtain a F-104 was to buy a patch of land and wait.
Nonetheless, once pilots learned how to tame the beast, the accident rates eased somewhat, and NATO pilots discovered that the Starfighter excelled as a low-level attack aircraft: fitted with bomb racks, the F-104 was remarkably stable at low altitude and high speed, and Luftwaffe pilots in particular found that they could sneak up on a target, launch a simulated attack, and be gone before ground defenses could react. The Italians in particular loved the F-104, building their own as the F-104S: these aircraft were equipped with multimode radar and armed with AIM-7 Sparrow and Aspide radar-guided missiles, making them a superb interceptor. Though most NATO nations reequipped their F-104 units with F-16s, F-18s, or Tornados beginning in 1980, the Italian F-104S fleet was continually upgraded and soldiered on until final retirement in 2004. 2578 F-104s were built, mostly F-104Gs; today over 150 survive in museums, with at least ten flyable examples, making it one of the best preserved of the Century Series.
Though marked as Marineflieger 26+44, this is actually an ex-Luftwaffe F-104G, 26+30. It was originally license-built by SABCA in Belgium for the Luftwaffe, and delivered in 1965 as DF+249, serving with JBG 36 at Hopsten, West Germany. 26+30 would make the rounds of nearly every Luftwaffe F-104 unit during its long career, but would finish with JBG 36 in 1988, one of the last Luftwaffe F-104s to be retired. After retirement, 26+30 was used as first a ground instruction trainer at Norvenich, but by 1999, it was slated to be slowly destroyed as a fire training aircraft.
Luckily, a Dutch company, PS Aero, stepped in and rescued 26+30 in 2004, though it would remain in storage at PS Aero's facility in Limburg until 2016, when it was restored; plans were to return 26+30 to being a ground trainer again at Maastricht, Belgium. It was repainted overall gray and given a fake registration number. Given the general obsolescence of the F-104, 26+30 was not the ideal ground trainer, and in 2023, it was sold to the Pima Air and Space Museum and shipped to the United States.
At the moment, 26+30 sits with several other aircraft awaiting restoration by Pima (including an An-2 Colt and the museum's stripped F-117), but the airframe is intact and probably just needs to be repainted. It isn't the best shot of this aircraft, and undoubtedly after it's repainted and goes on display at Pima, I'll get a better one!
Dust control is an integral part of the Festool system and design philosophy. That is why the CT 48 is equipped with tool-triggered auto start functionality so that when you plug your tool into the supplied outlet socket, the vacuum cycles with the tool. This represents greater efficiency in dust extraction, noise reduction, and with less energy consumption versus a constant-on unit. Variable suction force allows you to regulate the suction based on your tasks. A small detail sander may not require the full 137 CFM of this unit, but a router may require it.
Siemon MAX fiber adapter modules are compatible with all MAX series faceplates, modular furniture adapters, surface mount boxes and patch panels. All fiber adapters are
“universal” to support either multimode or singlemode fiber connections.
Flat module with 1 duplex ST adapter (2 fibers)
CommScope, along with our partners Avago Technologies and Ixia, came together at Datacenter Dynamics Converged in San Francisco to demonstrate something special. We demonstrated an error-free 40 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) transmission over one kilometer of laser-optimized multimode fiber.