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Douglas F4D (F-6) Skyray fighter

 

 

F4D-1 (F-6A) Skyray

 

Modification Purpose Deliveries Number of commissioned Discarding Differences from the previous modification
F4D-1, 1962 - F-6A fighter-bomber 4/1956 - 12/1958 419 2/1964 Pratt & Whitney J57-P-2, later J57-P-84 engine, 4 20-mm guns, 1814 kg of combat load (2 907-kg bombs or 76 68-mm rockets or later 4 Sidewinder AAM), APQ-50 radar

 

Modification F4D-1 (F-6A)

Wing span, m

10.21

Length, m

13.92

Height, m

3.96

Wings area, m2

51.75

Empty mass, kg

9100

Full flying-off mass, kg

11350
Engine Pratt & Whitney J57-P-2, later J57-P-8

Force, kgf

4400/6125 later 4763/6577
Maximal speed, km/h 1211
Cruise speed, km/h  
Flying range, km 1530
Vertical speed, m/s 91.7
Maximal altitude, m 16750
Complement 1
Armament 4 20-mm guns, 1814 kg of combat load (2 907-kg bombs or 76 68-mm rockets or later 4 Sidewinder AAM)

XF4D-1 Skyray

F4D-1 (F-6A) Skyray

 

© Ivan Gogin, 2008