Grumman F6F Hellcat prestigious companies of carrier-based fighter is the main machine of the late United States Navy World War II, along with F4U Corsair fighter sent out as the successor of the F4F Wildcat.
June 30, 1941, the instruction will please XF6F-1 prototype, XF6F-3 June 1942 was the first flight. Since this aircraft was not satisfactory in performance in horsepower shortage, we have to retrofit Daburuwasupu P & WR-2800 immediately but powerful engine. Delivery of production aircraft will start from November 1942, in January 1943, VF-9 unit F6F first is organized as early as the training has been started on the Essex aircraft carrier as the top batter of the overthrow Zero Fighter.
F6F-3 is passed machine 2,545 by the year 1943, aircraft 252 is on loan to the UK on the basis of an agreement loan, was assigned to the task force British fleet from July 1943, in December to participate in the battle, one that unit was engaged in operations against Japan in the direction of the Indian Ocean. F6F-5 is equipped with a R-2800-10W engine the same as the type late production F6F-3, production type, such as around the engine cowling, windshield, ailerons, tail has been redesigned slightly. In addition, no longer have windows for visibility behind the rear of the movable windshield. Has been enhanced as well equipped for its bulletproof.
F6F is the aircraft is large in percentage of the output of the engine, heavier weight, more performance, but was not a machine masterpiece never, attrition rate have superior equipped for bullet-proof, well-tolerated to hit again, good mobility and rugged Fortunately that was less and then, and that the large amount of the total production number of 12,272 machine that, Japan was slow to develop the successor to Zero Fighter In addition, the spectacular wartime career has left more than talent.
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A name, width: crew 13.06m, length: 10.23m, Height: 3.52m (position 3 points), Engine: P & WR-2800-10, liftoff output: 2,000 horsepower, range: 1,754 km, maximum speed: 603km / h (5,280 m altitude), fixed armament: M2 × 6 12.7mm machine gun
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