Description

F3U Cutter is a Medium Range Fighter produced by Grumman and Solely Operated by United States Air Force , F3U have 3 Variants , Conventional , Carrier Based and the cancelled variant , the Attack Variant . F3U can combat 4 Mig-21 Simultaneously with it's Missiles and guns.

Variants :

YF-3U : the prototype variant of F3U (12 were built from 1959-1962)
F3U : the complete Fighter Variant with more Hardpoints Stations (293 were built from 1963-1971)
F3C : the Carrier Based variant of F3U with Arresting Hook and Catapult Hook added with hardened landing wheels to absorb more impact and pressure and improved Avionics (182 were built from 1965-1972)
F3A : the cancelled proposed attack variant of F3U , Cancelled in 1964 due to budgetary constraints

Specifications

General Characteristics

Wingspan 30.8ft (9.4m)
Length 32.5ft (9.9m)
Height 12.1ft (3.7m)
Empty Weight 8,542lbs (3,874kg)
Loaded Weight 13,227lbs (6,000kg)

Performance

Power/Weight Ratio 1.022
Max Speed : (with Afterburners) 1,340 KpH
Max Speed : (50% Throttle) 980 KpH
Wing Loading 53.0lbs/ft2 (258.7kg/m2)
Wing Area 243.4ft2 (22.6m2)
Drag Points 2941

Avionics

RADAR : APG-57/98 for 3U and APG-58/89 for 3C
Fire Control System : Wild Weasel Type098 Fire Control Radar (both 3U and 3C)

Armaments

with provisions to carry the combinations of the following on 8 Hardpoints Stations

2x Guardian Missiles and 4x Interceptor Missiles on Station 1-6 or 4x Guardian Missiles and 2x Interceptor on Station 1-6

With provisions to carry a 500kg drop tanks on each side on the wings on Wet Station 1 and 2

Controls

Throttle : Throttles the engines
Trim : trims
Pitch /Yaw/Roll : Aircraft Controls
AG1 to AG4 : Aircraft Lights
AG5 : Drop Tanks
AG6 : Deploy Arresting Hook on F3C Cutter ONLY