Grumman XF10F
Grumman XF10F Jaguar | |
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Launch of the XF10F |
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Type: | Fighter plane |
Design country: | |
Manufacturer: | |
First flight: |
May 19, 1952 |
Commissioning: |
Flight tests canceled in 1953 |
Number of pieces: |
1 |
The Grumman XF10F Jaguar was a fighter aircraft developed by the US aircraft manufacturer Grumman Aerospace Corporation for the US Navy . It should serve as a carrier aircraft . However, the swing-wing aircraft did not get beyond the prototype status.
The first flight took place on May 19, 1952, in April 1953 the project was discontinued after 32 test flights. According to the information provided by the pilot, apart from the swivel-wing mechanism, which positioned the wings for take-off and landing at 13.5 ° or for high-speed flight at 42.5 °, almost nothing should have worked as intended. A major shortcoming was the Westinghouse J40 jet engine , which delivered just 30.2 kN instead of the specified thrust of 49 kN.
The shoulder decker had a T-tail unit with a stabilizer.
Technical specifications
Parameter | Data |
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Type | single-seater airborne hunting single-seater |
Engine | a Westinghouse XJ40-WE-8 afterburner jet engine with 30.2 kN (4944 kg) thrust |
span | 11.17 m or 15.42 m |
length | 17.01 m |
height | 4.95 m |
Wing area | Max. 43.38 m² |
Top speed | 1,143 km / h at sea level |
Operating speed | 1,017 km / h at an altitude of 10,670 m |
Service ceiling | 13,960 m |
Range | 2,672 km |
Empty mass | 9,265 kg |
Maximum take-off mass | 16,080 kg |
Armament | four 20 mm cannons in the bow and two 907 kg bombs or 48 FFAR rockets (70 mm caliber) or 12 HVAR rockets of 127 mm caliber under the wings |