Open engine nozzle F-100 Pratt & Whitney 229 with afterburner and 3 unmounted composite petals to be mounted on the F-15. As a damaged nozzle, in assembly phase or as an engineering schematic cut to observe the internal mechanisms. With the panels dropped by their weight as there is no drive pressure as seen in parked aircraft.
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.
