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Grumman F8F Bearcat
The supreme radial-engined shipboard fighter design. Was too late for WWII. The F8F, a reaction on the continuous weight and size increases, combined a very powerful engine with an airframe that was small enough to be put on board of escort carriers. However, it had limited armament and short range. Despite the end of the war, 1266 were built. Some saw action with the French airforce in Indochina.
| General characteristics F8F-1B | |||
| Primary function | Fighter | ||
| Contractor | Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation | ||
| Power plant | 1x Pratt&Whitney R-2800-34W engine | ||
| Thrust | 2,100 HP | 1,566 kW | |
| Wingspan | 35.8 ft | 10.92 m | |
| Length | 28.25 ft | 8.61 m | |
| Height | 13.8 ft | 4.22 m | |
| Wingarea | 244 sq ft | 22.67 sq m | |
| Weight | empty | 7,070 lb | 3,207 kg |
| max. | 12,950 lb | 5,873 kg | |
| Max. speed | 421 mph | 678 km/h | |
| Ceiling | 38,714 ft | 11,800 m | |
| Max. range | 1,964 miles | 3,160 km | |
| Armament | 4x 20mm cannon, 2x 454kg bombs | ||
| Crew | One | ||
| Date deployed | 1945 | ||
| Number built | 1,266 | ||
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Jirka Wagner
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