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Description
| Manufacturer: | Grumman |
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| Base model: | F7F | ||
| Designation: | F7F | ||
| Version: | -3 | ||
| Nickname: | Tigercat | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Navy / Marines | ||
| Designation Period: | 1922-1962 | ||
| Basic role: | Fighter | ||
| Crew: | Pilot |
Specifications
| Length: | 45' 4" | 13.8 m | |
| Height: | 16' 7" | 5.0 m | |
| Wingspan: | 5' 6" | 1.6 m | |
| Wingarea: | 455.0 sq ft | 42.2 sq m | |
| Empty Weight: | 16,270 lb | 7,378 kg | |
| Gross Weight: | 25,720 lb | 11,664 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 2 | ||
| Powerplant: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-34W | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 2100 | ||
Performance
| Range: | 1,200 miles | 1,932 km | |
| Cruise Speed: | 222 mph | 357 km/h | 192 kt |
| Max Speed: | 435 mph | 700 km/h | 378 kt |
| Climb: | 4,530 ft/min | 1,380 m/min | |
| Ceiling: | 40,700 ft | 12,405 m | |
Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| National Museum of Naval Aviation | NAS Pensacola | Florida |
| Pima Air & Space Museum | Tucson | Arizona |
F7F-3 on display
National Museum of Naval Aviation | Pima Air & Space Museum |
Recent comments by our visitors
| John Beebe Southaven, MS | I am looking to contact anyone who might know about a night fighter squadron of F7F-N'S in Korea during the early part[ Sept.1950]. My father was killed 9-24-50 over the Yellow [or yalu] river. His radar man was named Mack. His name was Major John w.Beebe,USMC.Any feedback would be appreciated 04/03/2010 @ 16:27 [ref: 25973] |
| Robert , CA | F7F Tigercat Slide Show shot @ Chino air Show 2009 http://www.flickr.com/photos/30493356@N06/sets/72157618428682744/show/ 02/24/2010 @ 15:51 [ref: 25780] |
| bruce Thomas Castaic, CA | I was meeting some friends at a Van Nuys airport 94th Aero Squardron
on Friday the 9-21-09. Since I was early I parked my butt on the patio next to the 34 left runway. And I looked down the taxiway to see a f7f taxiing. What a sight, I had never seen one. As it took off I felt a lot younger,when I would watch for p-51's and the like when I was a airport rat by 30 years earlier and into warbirds . But still what a sight..... Bruce 08/25/2009 @ 21:46 [ref: 24352] |
| Rocco Reno, NV | Just a few minutes ago a flight of 3 F7F's came over my house. After 3 passes they landed at Stead. What a sight what beautiful birds. 09/10/2008 @ 18:39 [ref: 22662] |
| Craig Crippen West Hills, CA | What lead me to this site was the sound of the two big radial engines on an F7F flying over my house yesterday 9-9-2008. My wife thinks I'm a little nuts at 63 years of age to be running out of the house when I think I hear something cool flying over. I guess it came out of Van Nuys. This was the first time I had ever seen the F7F. Thankfull one present from a past Christmas was Janes's Fighting aircraft of WW II that helped me identify the F7F. 09/10/2008 @ 10:00 [ref: 22652] |
| Wayne King Winterhaven`, CA | Early in 1952 I arrived at the Naval Air Technical Training Commanad, Norman, Oklahoma. The Navy was opening three taining schools AN"P" Airman Preparitory School, AD"A" Aviation Machinest Mate School, and AM"A" Aviation Structural Mechanic School. They were receiving aircraft to be used for the schools and there were 2 F7F aircarft among them. I thought they were two of the most beautiful A/C i had ever seen. To this day I feel the same way. CPO,King,USN,Ret 06/09/2008 @ 21:44 [ref: 21219] |
| Wayne King Winterhaven`, CA | Early in 1952 I arrived at the Naval Air Technical Training Commanad, Norman, Oklahoma. The Navy was opening three taining schools AN"P" Airman Preparitory School, AD"A" Aviation Machinest Mate School, and AM"A" Aviation Structural Mechanic School. They were receiving aircraft to be used for the schools and there were 2 F7F aircarft among them. I thought they were two of the most beautiful A/C i had ever seen. To this day I feel the same way. CPO,King,USN,Ret 06/09/2008 @ 21:43 [ref: 21218] |
| Greg Berge , CA | To D Pat Harrington
I have contact with an F7F driver of VMF 513 from the Korean War. Contact me if you would like 05/07/2008 @ 09:34 [ref: 20820] |
| D. Pat Harrington , AZ | I am building a 1:48 scale model aircraft of the Grumman Tigercat F7F-3N Night-fighter deployed with VMF(N)-513 at Pyongtaek S. Korea during the summer of 1952. The bird has the name "Linda" and the numeral "24" painted on the nose in red paint. It also carries the code "WF" in large red letters on the vertical stabilizer.
It has the menacing "Droopsnoot" nose typical for this night-fighter type that housed the SCR-720 radar apparatus... but what is not so typical is the box-like protuberance that appears to sit directly on top of the nose (immediately above the nose gear's main leg if you were to extend an invisible line "north" through the airframe). This appears (to me, anyway) to be some sort of "field modification"... a blister or a fairing that may have housed some additional radar or radio component. If I had to guess, the shape (in profile) seems to suggest that the "box' is wider and more massive in the front that it is at the back, and would therefore have some taper to the shape: front-to-back. I can say with certainty that this is not the football-shaped ADF antenna housing familiar on many earlier F7F-2D airframes. I've spend hours on-line trying to get some additional information and/or some additional images of this aircraft's nose that is more complete than the profile illustration that has appeared in print over the years (I'm using Squadron/Signal's F7F Tigercat in Action #79). The profile is good and very well-rendered, but in order to do this airframe justice, I really need some overhead and nose-on photos to work with. Can anyone offer any additional insights into this apparent one-of-kind modification? Regards, I D. Pat Harrington 04/21/2008 @ 13:56 [ref: 20644] |
| Keith , CA | F7F-3 is at Van Nuys airport today 3/28/08 sitting right beside the fence acros the alley from Hawker Beechcraft 03/28/2008 @ 12:41 [ref: 20272] |
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