RE: F-100 "Build" thread
In addition to the wing tanks, this aircraft also had two other pylons that could be used to hold and drop ordinance. Here, you can see the middle pylon installed with a working snake-eye bomb. The pylon has a BVM EZ-Drop installed inside of it to release the bomb. This of course, means that there is an airline from the fuse, through the wing, and into the pylon to operate the EZ-Drop. The pylon is removable, but doing so would leave an unconnected hose in the air system and a hole in the botom of the wing. Therefore, Robart closing disconnects are used to hook the pylon onto the air hose in the wing, and the holes in the wing were cut out as hatches that can be screwed in place when the pylon is not installed...