SimplePlanes | USA 1950s Challenge - Vaught F-8U Crusader

USA 1950s Challenge - Vaught F-8U Crusader

50.3k Stingray 8.8 years ago

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Auto Credit Based on WWIIPlaneBuilder's America challenge

Entering service in the U.S. Navy in 1957, the F-8 Crusader engaged Migs in Vietnam. Guns jammed, though, and successful kills used AIM Sidewinder missiles. An old era, for @WWIIPlaneBuilder

General Characteristics

Predecessor America challenge
Created On Android
Wingspan 32.5ft (9.9m)
Length 40.9ft (12.5m)
Height 11.4ft (3.5m)
Empty Weight 10,742lbs (4,872kg)
Loaded Weight 15,832lbs (7,181kg)

Performance

Power/Weight Ratio 2.554
Wing Loading 41.7lbs/ft² (203.6kg/m²)
Wing Area 379.7ft² (35.3m²)
Drag Points 2391

Parts

Number of Parts 109
Control Surfaces 5
Performance Cost 344

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50.3k Stingray

Thanks @NuclearDisaster
+0 8.7 years ago
37.7k Decrepit

@Stingray np
+0 8.7 years ago
50.3k Stingray

Thanks @nickasaurusrex
+0 8.7 years ago
50.3k Stingray

Thanks, this took a while to build, but the unique design is classic @WWIIPlaneBuilder
+0 8.8 years ago
3,096 WWIIPlaneBuilder

Nice... Love this plane!
+0 8.8 years ago
50.3k Stingray

Thanks @Delphinus
+0 8.8 years ago

USA 1950s Challenge - Vaught F-8U Crusader

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