Grumman F6F Hellcat - Specifications (F6F-5 Hellcat)

Specifications (F6F-5 Hellcat)

Data from Quest for Performance,Jane’s Fighting Aircraft of World War IIStandard Aircraft Characteristics

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 33 ft 7 in (10.24 m)
• Wingspan: 42 ft 10 in (13.06 m)
• Height: 13 ft 1 in (3.99 m)
• Wing area: 334 ft² (31 m²)
• Airfoil: NACA 23015.6 mod root; NACA 23009 tip
• Empty weight: 9,238 lb (4,190 kg)
• Loaded weight: 12,598 lb (5,714 kg)
• Max. takeoff weight: 15,415 lb (6,990 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-2800-10W "Double Wasp" two-row radial engine with a two-speed two-stage supercharger, 2,000 hp (1,491 kW)
• Propellers: 3-blade Hamilton Standard
  • Propeller diameter: 13 ft 1 in (4.0 m)
• *Fuel capacity: 250 gal (946 L) internal; up to 3 × 150 gal (568 L) external drop tanks
• Zero-lift drag coefficient: 0.0211
• Drag area: 7.05 ft² (0.65 m²)
• Aspect ratio: 5.5

Performance

• Maximum speed: 330 kn (380 mph, 610 km/h)
• Stall speed: 73 kn (84 mph, 135 km/h)
• Combat radius: 820 nmi (945 mi, 1,520 km)
• Ferry range: 1,330 nmi (1,530 mi, 2,460 km)
• Service ceiling: 37,300 ft (11,370 m)
• Rate of climb: 3,500 ft/min (17.8 m/s)
• Wing loading: 37.7 lb/ft² (184 kg/m²)
• Power/mass: 0.16 hp/lb (260 W/kg)
  
• Time-to-altitude: 7.7 min to 20,000 ft (6,100 m)
• Lift-to-drag ratio: 12.2
• Takeoff roll: 799 ft (244 m)

Armament

• Guns:
  
  • either 6× 0.50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns, with 400 rounds per gun, (All F6F-3, and most F6F-5)
  • or 2 × 0.79 in (20 mm) cannon, with 225 rounds per gun
  • and 4 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) Browning machine guns with 400 rounds per gun (F6F-5N only)
• Rockets:
  
  • 6 × 5 in (127 mm) HVARs or
  • 2 × 11¾ in (298 mm) Tiny Tim unguided rockets
• Bombs: up to 4,000 lb (1,814 kg) full load, including:
  • Bombs or Torpedoes:(Fuselage mounted on centreline rack)
    • 1 × 2,000 lb (907 kg) bomb or
    • 1 × Mk.13-3 torpedo;
  • Underwing bombs: (F6F-5 had two additional weapons racks either side of fuselage on wing centre-section)
    • 2 × 1,000 lb (450 kg) or
    • 4 × 500 lb (227 kg)
    • 8 × 250 lb (110 kg)