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Republic F-84B Thunderjet

9,935 DrunkenRaider  5.7 years ago

Thanks him for idea: https://www.simpleplanes.com/u/Planedude

Sound of the drums
Beatin' in my heart.
The thunder of guns
Tore me apart.
You've been thunderstruck!

This is my FIRST replica on this site, so don't punish me for quality, please.

The Republic F-84 Thunderjet was an American turbojet fighter-bomber aircraft.

In 1944, Republic Aviation's chief designer, Alexander Kartveli, began working on a turbojet-powered replacement for the P-47 Thunderbolt piston-engined fighter. The initial attempts to redesign the P-47 to accommodate a jet engine proved futile due to the large cross-section of the early centrifugal compressor turbojets. Instead, Kartveli and his team designed a new aircraft with a streamlined fuselage largely occupied by an axial compressor turbojet engine and fuel stored in rather thick unswept wings.


F-84B attacking MiG-15, Korea, 1951

The Thunderjet had a distinguished record during the Korean War. Although the F-84B and F-84C could not be deployed because their J35 engines had a service life of only 40 hours, the F-84D and F-84E entered combat with 27th Fighter Escort Group on 7 December 1950. The aircraft were initially tasked with escorting the B-29 Superfortress bombers. The first Thunderjet air-to-air victory was scored on 21 January 1951 at the cost of two F-84s. The F-84 was a generation behind the swept-wing Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 and outmatched, especially when the MiGs were flown by more-experienced pilots, and the MiG counter-air mission was soon given to the F-86 Sabre. Like its famous predecessor, the P-47, the F-84 switched to the low-level interdiction role at which it excelled.

General characteristics

Crew: one
Length: 38 ft 1 in (11.60 m)
Wingspan: 36 ft 5 in (11.10 m)
Height: 12 ft 7 in (3.84 m)
Wing area: 260 ft² (24 m²)
Empty weight: 11,470 lb (5,200 kg)
Loaded weight: 18,080 lb (8,200 kg)
Max. takeoff weight: 23,340 lb (10,590 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × Allison J35-A-29 turbojet, 5,560 lbf (24.7 kN)

Performance:
Maximum speed: 622 mph (540 kn, 1,000 km/h,Mach .81)
Cruise speed: 475 mph (413 kn, 770 km/h)
Range: 1,000 mi (870 nmi, 1,600 km) combat
Ferry range: 2,000 mi (1,700 nmi, 3,200 km) with external tanks
Service ceiling: 40,500 ft (12,350 m)
Rate of climb: 3,765 ft/min (19.1 m/s)
Wing loading: 70 lb/ft² (342 kg/m²)
Thrust/weight: 0.31 lbf/lb

Armament:
6 × .50 in (12.7 mm) M3 Browning machine guns, 300 rpg
Up to 4,450 lb (2,020 kg) of rockets and bombs, including 1 × Mark 7 nuclear bomb

Avionics:
A-1CM or A-4 gunsight with APG-30 or MK-18 ranging radar.

Controls:
VTOL - Flaps
Trim - Trim
Brake - Airbrakes
AG1,2 - Launch rockets
AG3 - Drop bombs
AG4 - Close landing gear bay doors
AG5 - Stabilization in flight
AG7 - Taxi light
AG8 - Nav lights

Enjoy!


F-84B launching rockets in unknown soviet ship, sea of Japan, 1952

Spotlights

General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 36.0ft (11.0m)
  • Length 38.3ft (11.7m)
  • Height 13.8ft (4.2m)
  • Empty Weight 11,878lbs (5,387kg)
  • Loaded Weight 19,048lbs (8,640kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.589
  • Wing Loading 59.4lbs/ft2 (290.0kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 320.7ft2 (29.8m2)
  • Drag Points 10141

Parts

  • Number of Parts 353
  • Control Surfaces 2
  • Performance Cost 1,364