Specifications (F-100D)
Data from Quest for Performance
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 50 ft (15.2 m)
- Wingspan: 38 ft 9 in (11.81 m)
- Height: 16 ft 2¾ in (4.95 m)
- Wing area: 400 ft² (37 m²)
- Empty weight: 21,000 lb (9,500 kg)
- Loaded weight: 28,847 lb (13,085 kg)
- Max. takeoff weight: 34,832 lb (15,800 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney J57-P-21/21A turbojet
- Dry thrust: 10,200 lbf (45 kN)
- Thrust with afterburner: 16,000 lbf (71 kN)
- *Zero-lift drag coefficient: 0.0130
- Drag area: 5.0 ft² (0.46 m²)
- Aspect ratio: 3.76
Performance
- Maximum speed: 750 kn (864 mph, 1,390 km/h, Mach 1.13)
- Range: 1,733 NM (1,995 mi, 3,210 km)
- Service ceiling: 50,000 ft (15,000 m)
- Rate of climb: 22,400 ft/min (114 m/s)
- Wing loading: 72.1 lb/ft² (352 kg/m²)
- Thrust/weight: 0.55
- Lift-to-drag ratio: 13.9
Armament
- Guns: 4× 20 mm (0.787 in) Pontiac M39A1 revolver cannon
- Missiles: ** 4× AIM-9 Sidewinder or
- 2× AGM-12 Bullpup or
- 2× or 4× LAU-3/A 2.75" unguided rocket dispenser
- Bombs: 7,040 lb (3,190 kg) of weapons, including
- Conventional bombs or
- Special stores:
- Mark 7 nuclear bomb or
- Mk 28 nuclear bomb or
- Mk 38 nuclear bomb or
- Mk 43 nuclear bomb
Avionics
- Minneapolis-Honeywell MB-3 automatic pilot
- AN/AJB-1B low-altitude bombing system
- AN/APR-26 rearward radar warning
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