Specifications (YF-23)
Data from Pace, Sweetman, Winchester, National Museum of the U.S. Air Force
General characteristics
- Crew: 1 (pilot)
- Length: 67 ft 5 in (20.60 m)
- Wingspan: 43 ft 7 in (13.30 m)
- Height: 13 ft 11 in (4.30 m)
- Wing area: 900 ft2 (88 m2)
- Empty weight: 29,000 lb (13,100 kg)
- Loaded weight: 51,320 lb (23,327 kg)
- Max. takeoff weight: 62,000 lb (29,000 kg)
- Powerplant: 2 × General Electric YF120 or Pratt & Whitney YF119 turbofan, 35,000 lbf (156 kN) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: Mach 2.2+ (1,650+ mph, 2,655+ km/h) at altitude
- Cruise speed: Mach 1.6 (1,060 mph, 1,706 km/h) supercruise at altitude
- Range: over 2,790 mi (over 4,500 km)
- Combat radius: 750–800 nmi (865–920 mi, 1,380–1480 km)
- Service ceiling: 65,000 ft (19,800 m)
- Wing loading: 54 lb/ft2 (265 kg/m2)
- Thrust/weight: 1.36
Armament
None as tested but provisions made for:
- 1 × 20 mm (0.79 in) M61 Vulcan cannon
- 4 × AIM-120 AMRAAM or AIM-7 Sparrow medium-range air-to-air missiles
- 2 × AIM-9 Sidewinder short-range air-to-air missiles
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