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Offline DYGCaps

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How bout one of these just for fun?
« Reply #15 on: November 03, 2004, 02:02:38 PM »
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double stamped it no erasies
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Offline Howitzer

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How bout one of these just for fun?
« Reply #16 on: November 03, 2004, 04:06:12 PM »
I would assume the guns are in the nose, yet I don't see any in this picture...  Is that still correct?

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How bout one of these just for fun?
« Reply #17 on: November 03, 2004, 04:49:30 PM »
Belly, same location as the 20s on the Mossie and P61 and Beaufighter

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How bout one of these just for fun?
« Reply #18 on: November 04, 2004, 02:09:19 PM »
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Originally posted by Wolfala
I've seen a few F7F's for sale for 750,000 US. Its a steal compared to any warbird of its pedigree.


Look into the maintenance costs some time...
I regret doing business with TD Computer Systems.

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F7F info
« Reply #19 on: November 04, 2004, 04:54:58 PM »
History:  In early 1941, Grumman began design-work on a new twin-engined fighter for the War Department, for use on a planned larger Midway-class aircraft carrier. On June 30, 1941, Grumman was awarded a contract to build two prototypes, the first of which flew in December 1943. The XF7F-1  Tigercat was unusual for a fighter, with its shoulder-mounted wings, twin underwing-mounted engines, all-metal construction and tricycle landing gear.

Before the prototype even flew for the first time, Grumman was contracted to build 500 of them for the US Marine Corps, to be used as close-support aircraft for the massive landing operations then underway in the Pacific. Delivery began in April 1944. The first 34 F7F-1s were similar to the prototypes, then 30 two-seat night-fighter variants (called F7F-2Ns) were produced. Next, 189 single-seat models called F7F-3s were built which featured slightly more powerful R-2800 engines, slightly larger vertical stabilizers, and a 7% increase in fuel capacity.

Much of the original order for Tigercats was cancelled after VJ-Day, and they never saw operational service in WWII. Less than 100 Tigercats were built after the war as night-fighters (F7F-3N and F7F-4N), electronic reconnaissance (F7F-3E) and photo-reconnaissance (F7F-3P) platforms, but higher-performance jet-powered airplanes soon replaced the Tigercat in the US Marine Corps. During the 1960s and 1970s, a few were gradually sold as surplus and converted to fire bombers or aerial photography ships.

Nicknames:  T-Cat

Specifications (F7F-3):
    Engines: Two 2,100hp Pratt & Whitney R-2800-34W Double Wasp 18-cylinder radial piston engines
    Weight: Empty 16,270 lbs., Max Takeoff 25,720 lbs.
    Wing Span: 51ft. 6in.
    Length: 45ft. 4.5in.
    Height: 16ft. 7in.
    Performance:
Maximum Speed at 22,200 ft: 435     mph Cruising Speed at 5,000 ft: 222  mph

Initial Climb Rate: 4,500 feet per minute
Ceiling: 40,700 ft.
Range: 1,200 miles
Armament:
Four 20mm (0.79-inch) cannon in wing roots
Four 12.7mm (0.5-inch) machine guns in nose
One torpedo under fuselage
2,000 lbs. of bombs (1,000 lbs. under each wing)

Number Built:  364

Number Still Airworthy:  6

Links:
AeroWeb Tigercat Page
Photovault F7F Tigercat Photo Page