Douglas F6D
Douglas F6D missileer | |
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Type: | Interceptor |
Design country: | |
Manufacturer: | |
First flight: |
Never happened |
Commissioning: |
Development canceled in 1960 |
Production time: |
Was never produced |
Number of pieces: |
0 |
The Douglas F6D Missileer was a planned carrier-based interceptor. This never-built aircraft was designed in response to a United States Navy tender in 1959.
description
The F6D should with two turbofan - jet engines without afterburners type Pratt & Whitney not be optimized for speed, but on fuel economy and can stay in the subsonic flight up to 6 hours on standby in the air thus TF30-P-2. The F6D had a very conservative design with straight wings, the radar system should be a Westinghouse -AN / APQ-81- Doppler radar with a range of about 220 km. It should be able to pursue up to six targets simultaneously and attack with the Bendix AAM-N-10 Eagle , an air-to-air missile for long ranges. The missiles with a range of around 185 km should be equipped with conventional or nuclear warheads .
The project was discontinued in December 1960 because the US Navy very soon had concerns that a "rocket transporter" designed in this way would not have been able to defend itself after a missile launch due to insufficient speed, maneuverability and armament . This also caused the Douglas Aircraft Company to get into trouble and merged with McDonnell in 1967 to become McDonnell Douglas .
The Eagle rocket was never built, but development went into the missile AIM-54 Phoenix of Hughes Aircraft , which radar technology to the Grumman F-14 Tomcat .
Technical data (arithmetical)
Parameter | Data |
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length | 15.60 m |
span | 17.80 m |
height | 5.20 m |
Wing area | 58.52 m² |
Normal takeoff mass | 22,680 kg |
Maximum take-off mass | 27,216 kg |
drive | two Pratt & Whitney TF-30s with 45.5 kN thrust each |
Top speed | 879 km / h |
Service ceiling | 14,000 m |
Crew: | 3 |
Armament: | 6 AAM-N-10 Eagle air-to-air missiles |