Grumman F2F

The Grumman F2F was a fighter aircraft of the U.S. aircraft manufacturer Grumman Aerospace Corporation.

The single-engine biplane with a fixed landing gear was the standard fighter aircraft of the U.S. Navy by 1935 1940., The aircraft could be used by both fixed airfields as well as from aircraft carriers.

The aircraft was created when the U.S. Navy Grumman commissioned the development of a single-seat version of the Grumman FF. The contract was signed on November 2, 1932, and eleven months later flew the Grumman F2F. And the similar F3F - - Due to the hull shape, the F2F were called " Grumman Flying Barrels " (flying barrels of Grumman ) refers. A total of 54 F2F -1 produced (later VF -2) and VF -3B were (later VF -7B, then VF -5) used until 1940 with the U.S. Navy in the squadrons VF -2B.

Technical data ( Grumman F2F -1)

  • Dimensions Length: 6.53 m
  • Height: 2.77 m
  • Wingspan: 8.69 m
  • Wing area: 21.40 m²
  • Mass: 1221 kg
  • Maximum take-off mass: 1745 kg
  • A 14- cylinder radial engine Pratt & Whitney R- 1535-72 Twin Wasp Junior with 485 kW ( 650 hp)
  • Maximum speed: 383 km / h
  • Ceiling: 8,384 m
  • Range: 1585 km
  • Two 7.62 mm MG
  • A pilot

Comparable types

  • United Kingdom United Kingdom: Hawker Fury
  • France France: Dewoitine D.501, Dewoitine D.510, Loire 46
  • Netherlands Netherlands: Fokker D.XVII
  • Poland Poland: PZL P.7, PZL P.11, PZL P.24
  • Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia: Avia B.534
  • Romania Romania: IAR -14
  • United States United States: Boeing P -26, Grumman F3F
  • Soviet Union Soviet Union: Polikarpov I -15 Polikarpov I -153, Polikarpov I-16
  • Deutsches Reich Nazi German Reich: Arado Ar 76, Focke- Wulf Fw 56, Heinkel He 51
  • Italy Italy: Fiat CR.32
  • Japan Japan: Kawasaki Ki -10
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