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XF7F-1 prototype (BuNo.03549) during developmental tests by Grumman and Navy pilots during 1943 and 1944.

 

 


 

 

VMF-312, USMC - NAS San Diego, circa 1945.

 

 

Specifications F7F-2
General

Type: Carrier-borne/Land-Based Fighter
Crew: 1
First flight: 2 November 1943
Number built: 364 (all type)
Powerplant
2 × Pratt & Whitney R-2800-34W Double Wasp radial |
2100 hp each | Pistons
Dimensions/Masses
Length: 13.8 m | Wingspan: 15.7 m | Height: 5.1 m
Wing area: 42.3 m² | Empty weight: 7380 kg
Loaded weight: ? kg | Max takeoff weight: 11670 kg
Performances
Maximum speed: 740 km/h | Range: 1900 km
Service ceiling: 12300 m
Armament

Inside: 4 × 20 mm (0.79 in) M2 gun, 4 × .50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning MG
Outside: 2× hardpoints for up to 907 kg of bombs,
or 1 × torpedo under fuselage

 

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