Grumman F8F-1 Bearcat

Modern Drawings/Air/France/Fighters/F8F-Bearcat/F8F-1-Bearcat.htm | Update: 17-12-2015

GC II/22 "Languedoc" (3C1, SPA 38), Armée de l'Air - Cat-Bi, French Indochina, 1954.

20 Escadre de Chasse - Algeria, 1959.

Specifications F8F-1

General

Type: Carrier-borne/Land-Based Fighter
Crew: 1
First flight: 21 August 1944
Number built: 658, 1265 (all type)

Powerplant

1 × Pratt & Whitney R-2800-34W "Double Wasp radial |
2300 hp | Pistons

Dimensions/Masses

Length: 8.61 m | Wingspan: 10.92 m | Height: 4.21 m
Wing area: 22.67 m² | Empty weight: 3207 kg
Loaded weight: 4354 kg | Max takeoff weight: 5873 kg

Performances

Maximum speed: 678 km/h | Range: 1778 km
Service ceiling: 11796 m

Armament

Inside: 4 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) Browning M2 machine guns
Outside: 454 kg of bombs
or 4 × 5 in (127 mm) unguided rockets