Douglas F6D

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Douglas F6D missileer
Three-sided view of the Douglas F6D
Type: Interceptor
Design country:

United StatesUnited States United States

Manufacturer:

Douglas Aircraft Company

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
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

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