GRUMMAN F-11 TIGER

   INTRODUCTION :

• The Grumman F11F/F-11 Tiger is a supersonic, single-seat carrier-based United States Navy fighter aircraft in operation during the 1950s and 1960s.

• The F11F/F-11 was used by the Blue Angels flight team from 1957–1969. Grumman Aircraft Corporation made 200 Tigers, with the last aircraft being delivered to the U.S. Navy on 23 January 1959.

• The F-11 Tiger is noted for being the first jet aircraft to shoot itself down due to its high speed.

 

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS :

• Crew: 1
• Length: 13.983 m
• Wingspan: 9.639 m
• Width: 8.33 m wing-tips folded
• Height: 4.0323 m
• Wing area: 23 m2
• Empty weight: 13,810 lb (6,264 kg)
• Gross weight: 21,035 lb (9,541 kg)
• Max takeoff weight: 23,459 lb (10,641 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Wright J65-W-18 afterburning turbojet engine,
  • 7,450 lbf (33.1 kN) thrust at 8,300 rpm,
  • 10,500 lbf (47 kN) with afterburner

PERFORMANCE :

• Maximum speed:
  • 631 kn
  • MACH 1.1 at 35,000 ft
  • 654 kn (753 mph; 1,211 km/h) at sea level
• Cruise speed: 501 kn (577 mph, 928 km/h)
• Range: 1,110 nmi ( 2,060 km)
• Service ceiling: 49,000 ft (15,000 m)
• Rate of climb: 16,300 ft/min (83 m/s)
• Wing loading: 84 lb/sq ft (410 kg/m2)
• Thrust/weight: 0.5

ENGINE:

• The aircraft was designed for the Wright J65 turbojet, a license-built version of the Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire.

• The U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics was sufficiently impressed to order two prototypes, designated XF9F-8 even though the new fighter was clearly a new design.

WEAPONS IN AIRCRAFT :

Guns:

• 4 × 20 mm (.79 in) Colt Mk 12 cannon, 125 rounds per gun

Hardpoints:

• 4 with a capacity of – with provisions to carry combinations of:

Rockets:

• Aero 6A or Aero 7A “Rocket Package”

Missiles:

• AIM-9 Sidewinder

Other:

• 150 gal drop tank

 PILOT SURVIVED :                     

• The F-11 Tiger is noted for being the first jet aircraft to shoot itself down.[3] On 21 September 1956, during a test-firing of its 20 mm (0.79 in) cannons.

• Pilot Tom Attridge fired two bursts midway through a shallow dive. As the trajectory of the cannon rounds decayed, they ultimately crossed paths with the Tiger as it continued its descent, disabling it and forcing Attridge to crash-land the aircraft; he survived.

BLUEPRINT OF AIRCRAFT :

INTERESTING FACTS :

• The F-11 Tiger is noted for being the first jet aircraft to shoot itself down. On 21 September 1956, during a test-firing of its 20 mm (0.79 in) cannons, pilot Tom Attridge fired two bursts midway through a shallow dive.

• The F-11 Tiger, like all Grumman aircraft, was named after a cat. Fast and nimble, the F-11 was only the second supersonic fighter in the Navy’s inventory, capable of 843 miles an hour (Mach 1.1).

• It was actually Grumman’s first supersonic fighter and the company’s inexperience with the consequences of supersonic flight, as well as the fighter’s amazing speed, would be one test Tiger’s undoing.

COMMON FACTS:

Role	Fighter aircraft
Manufacturer	Grumman
First flight	30 July 1954
Introduction	1956
Retired	1961 (Carrier) 1967 (Training) 1969 (Blue Angels)
Primary user	United States Navy
Produced	1954–1959
Number built	200
Variants	Grumman F11F-1F Super Tiger

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