| back | WWII main menu |  |
American WWII's aircraft
|
|||
|
|
Grumman F7F Tigercat
The F7F was a fast twin-engined fighter, designed with a very slender fuselage and two radial powerful engines. Too late for WWII, it proved useful in a variety of roles, but was built in relatively small numbers. It was the first twin-engined shipboard aircraft to go in service, and its weight and speed at first restricted it land-based service with the USMC. Only the last version, F7F-4N, was considered fully acceptable for carrier use. Nightfighter versions of the F7F were in service with the USMC until 1952.
| General characteristics F7F-1 | |||
| Primary function | Fighter | ||
| Contractor | Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation | ||
| Power plant | Two Pratt&Whitney R-2800-22W engines | ||
| Thrust | 2x 2,072 HP | 2x 1,545 kW | |
| Wingspan | 51.5 ft | 15.7 m | |
| Length | 45.4 ft | 13.85 m | |
| Height | 16.6 ft | 5.06 m | |
| Wingarea | 455 sq ft | 42.27 sq m | |
| Weight | empty | 15,957 lb | 7,238 kg |
| max. | 23,656 lb | 10,730 kg | |
| Max. speed | 427 mph | 687 km/h | |
| Ceiling | 36,090 ft | 11,000 m | |
| Max. range | 1,790 miles | 2,880 km | |
| Armament | 4x 20 mm cannon, 4x 12.7 mm machine gun 300 rounds each), 2x 454 kg bombs or 6x rockets. Alternative under fuselage 1x 21inch torpedo. | ||
| First flight | December, 1943 | ||
| Crew | One | ||
| Date deployed | 1944 | ||
| Number built | 250 | ||
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Jirka Wagner
Comment this page now or read other comments!
Please let us know if you find any mistake or problem. If you would
like to help me or if you have pictures or anything interesting for these pages, write me.
You can also use our discussion forum.
Copyright © 2010 All Rights Reserved
Our other websites: Agile Factory | Blanensko | Beatles | Katka | Military | Military Video | Barcod
Last updated 01.10.2008