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GRUMMAN F7F-3 TIGERCAT
1944
 
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GRUMMAN F7F-3 TIGERCAT
 
CLASSIFICATION
CLASS :
 CARRIER-BASED FIGHTER/BOMBER
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN :
 UNITED STATES
MANUFACTURER :
 Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, (Later Grumman Aerospace
 
 Corporation)
FIRST FLIGHT :
 1944
SERVICE DELIVERY :
 1944
NUMBER BUILT :
 189
   
SPECIFICATION
SPAN :
 51 ft 6 in (15.69 m)
LENGTH :
 45 ft 41-1/2 in (13.81 m)
HEIGHT :
 16 ft 4 in (4.97 m)
WING AREA :
 455 sq ft (42.26 m sq)
WING LOADING :
 ---
POWER LOADING :
 ---
ASPECT RATIO :
 ---
WEIGHT EMPTY :
 16,396 lb (7437 kg)
WEIGHT LOADED :
 21,906 lb (9937 kg)
WEIGHT MAX :
 25,720 lb (11667 kg)
ARMAMENT :
 4 x 20 mm M2 cannons,
 
 2 x .50-cal M2 Wing Mounted Machine Guns, One in each Wing
PAYLOAD :
 2,000 lb (907 kg) of Bombs Under Wings;
 
 1 x torpedo under fuselage
POWER PLANT :
 2 x Pratt & Whitney R-2800-34W "Double Wasp", Water-Injected,
 
 Radial Engines, Rated at 2,100 hp
CREW :
 1
 
 
PERFORMANCE
MAXIMUM SPEED :
 367 mph (591 km/h) at Sea Level; 460 mph (740 km/h)
CRUISING SPEED :
 222 mph (357 km/h)
LANDING SPEED :
 91 mph (146 km)
CLIMB RATE :
 4,530 ft/min (1381 m/min)
RANGE :
 1,200 miles (1931 km); 1,572 miles (2530 km)
SERVICE CEILING :
 40,700 ft (12405 m)
 
 
 
 
REFERENCES
  
 

Wagner, Raymond. American Combat Planes, Third Enlarged Edition New York:Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1982. ISBN 0-385-13120-8.

Angelucci, Enzo; Bowers, Peter. The American Fighter - The Definitive Guide To American Fighter Aircraft From 1917 to the Present. New York: Orion Books. 1985. ISBN 0-517-56588-9.

  
 
     
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