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F6F-5 "Blue Angels" US Navy, 1946 (with decals for No.1 to No.4 airplanes)
General Background
The F6F Hellcat was basically designed as the “Zero Killer”. It could fly about an average 55 mph faster than the Zero and it was heavier and more powerful than the Zero. The Hellcat also had the highest kill ratio of any American fighter plane during WWII (19 to1). US Navy pilots referred the Hellcat as the "Aluminum Tank".
The Hellcat could carry two 1,000 pound bombs with its most destructive weapons being six 5-inch HVAR's (High Velocity Aircraft Rockets). It could also carry a torpedo under the fuselage but this was never seen in combat. When it was all over the F6F was one of the most feared and successful planes in WWII.
The Hellcat could carry two 1,000 pound bombs with its most destructive weapons being six 5-inch HVAR's (High Velocity Aircraft Rockets). It could also carry a torpedo under the fuselage but this was never seen in combat. When it was all over the F6F was one of the most feared and successful planes in WWII.
Specifications :
| Engine: | 2000hp Pratt & Whitney R-2800-10W Double Wasp 18-cylinder radial piston engine |
| Weight: | |
| Empty: | 9150 lbs. |
| Max Takeoff : | 15,410 lbs. |
| Dimensions: | |
| Wing Span: | 42ft. 10in. |
| Length : | 33ft. 7in. |
| Height: | 13ft. 6in. |
| Performance: | Maximum Speed at 23,500 ft - 380mph |
| Cruising Speed at 6,000 ft - 168mph | |
| Ceiling: | 37,300 ft |
| Range: | 1,530 miles with 150-gallon drop tank |
| Armament : | 6 X 12.7mm (0.5 inch) wing-mounted machine guns |
| 2 X 1,000-lb bombs, or six 127mm (5-inch) rockets |