Grumman F7F Tigercat PDF eBook & Aircraft Flight Manual

General Characteristics

• Crew: 2 (pilot, radar operator)
• Length: 45 ft 4 in (13.8 m)
• Wingspan: 51 ft 6 in (15.7 m)
• Height: 16 ft 7 in (5.1 m)
• Wing area: 455 ft² (42.3 m²)
• Empty weight: 16,270 lb (7,380 kg)
• Max. takeoff weight: 25,720 lb (11,670 kg)
• Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney R-2800-34W Double Wasp radial engines, 2,100 hp (1,566 kW) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 460 mph (400 knots, 740 km/h)
• Range: 1,200 mi (1,000 nmi, 1,900 km)
• Service ceiling: 40,400 ft (12,300 m)
• Rate of climb: 4,530 ft/min (23 m/s)

Armament

• Guns:
  • 4 × 20 mm (0.79 in) M2 cannon
  • 4 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine gun
• Bombs:
  • 2 × 1,000 lb (454 kg) bombs under wings or
  • 1 × torpedo under fuselage

Avionics

• AN/APS-19 radar

• XP-65 – Proposed U.S. Army Air Force fighter.
• XF7F-1 – Prototype aircraft, two built.
• F7F-1 Tigercat – Twin-engine fighter-bomber aircraft, powered by two Pratt & Whitney R-2800-22W radial piston engines. First production version, 34 built.
• F7F-1N Tigercat – Single-seat night fighter aircraft, fitted with an APS-6 radar.
• XF7F-2N – Night-fighter prototype, one built.
• F7F-2N Tigercat – Two-seat night fighter, 65 built.
• F7F-2D – Small numbers of F7F-2Ns converted into drone control aircraft. The aircraft were fitted with an F8F Bearcat windshield behind the cockpit.
• F7F-3 Tigercat – Single-seat fighter-bomber aircraft, powered by two Pratt & Whitney R-2800-34W radial piston engines, 189 built.
• F7F-3N Tigercat – Two-seat night fighter aircraft, 60 built.
• F7F-3E Tigercat – Small numbers of F7F-3s were converted into electronic warfare aircraft.
• F7F-3P Tigercat – Small numbers of F7F-3s were converted into photo-reconnaissance aircraft.
• F7F-4N Tigercat – Two-seat night-fighter aircraft, fitted with an arrestor hook and other naval equipment, 13 built.

Airworthy

F7F-3

• 80375 – Tigercat N379AK LLC in Bellevue, Washington.
• 80390 – Lewis Air Legends in San Antonio, Texas.
• 80411 – Palm Springs Air Museum in Palm Springs, California.
• 80425 – Avstar Inc. in Seattle, Washington.
• 80483 – Historic Flight Foundation in Mukilteo, Washington.
• 80503 – Lewis Air Legends in San Antonio, Texas.
• 80532 – Merle Maine Enterprises in Ontario, Oregon.

On display

F7F-3

• 80373 – National Naval Aviation Museum in NAS Pensacola, Florida.
• 80382 – Planes of Fame Museum in Chino, California.
• 80410 – Pima Air & Space Museum, adjacent to Davis-Monthan AFB, in Tucson, Arizona.

Under restoration

F7F-3

• 80374 – to airworthiness by Pissed Away N7629C LCC in Bellevue, Washington.
• 80404 – in storage at the Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida.