Post by Admin on Feb 8, 2020 11:14:08 GMT -5
The P-630 and the original YF-17 were true to the concept of a light weight Fighter.
The F/A-18 was all ready too large for that category.
The Super Hornet is in the same league as the F-14 and F-15.
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newatlas.com/military/us-navy-receives-fa18-super-hornet-block-iii/
Boeing has delivered the first improved F/A-18 Super Hornet to the US Navy with two more to follow by the end of April. The Block III upgrades of the tactical fighter are part of a Service Life Modification that will extend the aircraft's service life from 6,000 to 7,500 flight hours and, in the next few years, to 10,000 hours to keep it in service for decades to come.
The US military's modernization involves not only building state-of-the-art new systems, but also upgrading successful old ones. It's an approach that should see the venerable B-52 bomber flying until the 2040s when its basic structure starts to fail, and it is how the US Navy and the US Marine Corps plan to keep the fourth-generation Super Hornet, which first entered service in 1995, in active service and capable of going up against fifth-generation adversaries.
General characteristics
Crew: F/A-18E: 1 (pilot), F/A-18F: 2 (pilot and weapon systems officer)
Length: 60 ft 1¼ in (18.31 m)
Wingspan: 44 ft 8½ in (13.62 m)
Height: 16 ft (4.88 m)
Wing area: 500 ft2 (46.5 m2)
Empty weight: 32,081 lb (14,552 kg)
Loaded weight: 47,000 lb (21,320 kg (in fighter configuration))
Max. takeoff weight: 66,000 lb (29,937 kg)
Internal fuel capacity: F/A-18E: 14,700 lb (6,667 kg), F/A-18F: 13,760 lb (6,241 kg)
External fuel capacity:Up to 4 × 480 gal tanks, totaling 13,040 lb (5,914 kg)
Powerplant: 2 × General Electric F414-GE-400 turbofans
Dry thrust: 13,000 lbf (62.3 kN) each
Thrust with afterburner: 22,000 lbf (97.9 kN) each
Performance
Maximum speed: Mach 1.6[209] (1,190 mph, 1,915 km/h) at 40,000 ft (12,190 m)
Range: 1,275 nmi (2,346 km) clean plus two AIM-9s[1]
Combat radius: 390 nmi (449 mi, 722 km) for interdiction mission[210]
Ferry range: 1,800 nmi (2,070 mi, 3,330 km)
Service ceiling: 50,000+ ft (15,000+ m)
Rate of climb: 44,882 ft/min[211] (228 m/s)
Wing loading: 94.0 lb/ft2 (459 kg/m2)
Thrust/weight: 0.93 (1.1 with loaded weight & 50% internal fuel)[212]
Design load factor: 7.6 g[60]
The F/A-18 was all ready too large for that category.
The Super Hornet is in the same league as the F-14 and F-15.
M
newatlas.com/military/us-navy-receives-fa18-super-hornet-block-iii/
Boeing has delivered the first improved F/A-18 Super Hornet to the US Navy with two more to follow by the end of April. The Block III upgrades of the tactical fighter are part of a Service Life Modification that will extend the aircraft's service life from 6,000 to 7,500 flight hours and, in the next few years, to 10,000 hours to keep it in service for decades to come.
The US military's modernization involves not only building state-of-the-art new systems, but also upgrading successful old ones. It's an approach that should see the venerable B-52 bomber flying until the 2040s when its basic structure starts to fail, and it is how the US Navy and the US Marine Corps plan to keep the fourth-generation Super Hornet, which first entered service in 1995, in active service and capable of going up against fifth-generation adversaries.
General characteristics
Crew: F/A-18E: 1 (pilot), F/A-18F: 2 (pilot and weapon systems officer)
Length: 60 ft 1¼ in (18.31 m)
Wingspan: 44 ft 8½ in (13.62 m)
Height: 16 ft (4.88 m)
Wing area: 500 ft2 (46.5 m2)
Empty weight: 32,081 lb (14,552 kg)
Loaded weight: 47,000 lb (21,320 kg (in fighter configuration))
Max. takeoff weight: 66,000 lb (29,937 kg)
Internal fuel capacity: F/A-18E: 14,700 lb (6,667 kg), F/A-18F: 13,760 lb (6,241 kg)
External fuel capacity:Up to 4 × 480 gal tanks, totaling 13,040 lb (5,914 kg)
Powerplant: 2 × General Electric F414-GE-400 turbofans
Dry thrust: 13,000 lbf (62.3 kN) each
Thrust with afterburner: 22,000 lbf (97.9 kN) each
Performance
Maximum speed: Mach 1.6[209] (1,190 mph, 1,915 km/h) at 40,000 ft (12,190 m)
Range: 1,275 nmi (2,346 km) clean plus two AIM-9s[1]
Combat radius: 390 nmi (449 mi, 722 km) for interdiction mission[210]
Ferry range: 1,800 nmi (2,070 mi, 3,330 km)
Service ceiling: 50,000+ ft (15,000+ m)
Rate of climb: 44,882 ft/min[211] (228 m/s)
Wing loading: 94.0 lb/ft2 (459 kg/m2)
Thrust/weight: 0.93 (1.1 with loaded weight & 50% internal fuel)[212]
Design load factor: 7.6 g[60]