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Night fighter version, equipped with an APS-19 radar. Artist's view.

 

 

Specifications F8F-2N
General

Type: Carrier-borne/Land-Based Fighter
Crew: 1
First flight: 21 August 1944
Number built: 12, 1265 (all type)
Powerplant
1 × Pratt & Whitney R-2800-30W two-row radial engine |
2250 hp | Pistons
Dimensions/Masses
Length: 8.61 m | Wingspan: 10.92 m | Height: 4.21 m
Wing area: 22.67 m² | Empty weight: ,207 kg
Loaded weight: 4627 kg | Max takeoff weight: 6105 kg
Performances
Maximum speed: 730 km/h | Range: 1778 km
Service ceiling: 12436 m
Armament

Inside: 4 × 20 mm AN/M3 guns
Outside: 454 kg of bombs
or 4 × 5 in (127 mm) unguided rockets

 

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