Closed engine nozzle F-100 Pratt & Whitney 229 with afterburner and composite petals to be mounted on the F-15.
This piece has been tested in fit and dimensions in the 1/32 scale model of the Tamiya F-15.
The F-100 is the powerplant used in all major North American F-15 air superiority series. The F-100 PW-100 flew for the first time on an F-15 on July 27, 1972 and beat several climbing speed records in 1975. The PW-200 was mounted in the F-16s in 1983. In 1985 the PW-220 flew with a new electric system to equalize softly power and in 1989 flew for the first time the PW-229.
The outer petals suffered damage from fuselage turbulence in F-15s and B-1 intercontinental bombers. In both cases it was decided to install the PW-229 without these, until new composite petals were redesigned.