Hawker Hunter - Specifications (Hunter F.6)

Specifications (Hunter F.6)

Data from The Great Book of Fighters

General characteristics

• Crew: One
• Length: 45 ft 11 in (14.00 m)
• Wingspan: 33 ft 8 in (10.26 m)
• Height: 13 ft 2 in (4.01 m)
• Wing area: 349 ft² (32.42 m²)
• Empty weight: 14,122 lb (6,405 kg)
• Loaded weight: 17,750 lb (8,050 kg)
• Max. takeoff weight: 24,600 lb (11,158 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Rolls-Royce Avon 207 turbojet, 10,145 lbf (45.13 kN)

Performance

• Maximum speed: Mach 0.94, 620 kn (715 mph, 1,150 km/h) at sea level
• Combat range: 385 nmi (445 mi, 715 km)
• Ferry range: 1,650 nmi (1,900 mi, 3,060 km) with external fuel
• Service ceiling: 50,000 ft (15,240 m)
• Rate of climb: 17,200 ft/min (87.4 m/s)
• Wing loading: 51.6 lb/ft² (251.9 kg/m²)
• Thrust/weight: 0.56

Armament

• Guns: 4× 30 mm (1.18 in) ADEN revolver cannons in a removable gun pack with 150 rpg
• Hardpoints: 4 underwing (7 hardpoints on Singaporean FGA/FR.74S, essentially refurbished FGA.9 derived from F.6) with a capacity of 7,400 lb (3,400 kg) and provisions to carry combinations of:
  • Rockets:
    
    • 4× Matra rocket pods (each with 18 × SNEB 68 mm (2.68 in) rockets) or
    • 32× Hispano SURA R80 80 mm (3.15 in) rockets
  • Missiles:
    
    • 4× AIM-9 Sidewinder Air-to-air missiles, mounted on Singaporean FGA/FR.74S (two on Swiss Mk.58Dutch F6's and Swedish Mk.50)
    • 4× AGM-65 Maverick Air-to-surface missiles, mounted on Singaporean FGA/FR.74S (two on Swiss Mk.58)
  • Bombs: a variety of unguided iron bombs
  • Other: 2× 230 US gallons (870 l; 190 imp gal) drop tanks for extended range/loitering time

Avionics

• Ekco Ranging radar