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General Characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 45 ft 10.5 in (13.983 m)
• Wingspan: 31 ft 7.5 in (9.639 m)
• Width: 27 ft 4 in (8.33 m) wing-tips folded
• Height: 13 ft 2.75 in (4.0323 m)
• Wing area: 250 sq ft (23 m²)
• Empty weight: 13,810 lb (6,264 kg)
• Gross weight: 21,035 lb (9,541 kg)
• Max takeoff weight: 23,459 lb (10,641 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Wright J65-W-18 afterburning turbojet engine, 7,450 lbf (33.1 kN) thrust at 8,300 rpm, military power dry, 10,500 lbf (47 kN) with afterburner

Performance

• Maximum speed: 631 kn (726 mph, 1,169 km/h) / M1.1 at 35,000 ft (10,668 m), 654 kn (753 mph; 1,211 km/h) at sea level
• Cruise speed: 501 kn (577 mph, 928 km/h)
• Range: 1,110 nmi (1,280 mi, 2,060 km)
• Service ceiling: 49,000 ft (15,000 m)
• Rate of climb: 16,300 ft/min (83 m/s)
• Wing loading: 84 lb/sq ft (410 kg/m²)
• Thrust/weight: 0.5

Armament

• Guns: 4 × 20 mm (.79 in) Colt Mk 12 cannon, 125 rounds per gun
• Hardpoints: 4 with a capacity of –,with provisions to carry combinations of:
  • Rockets: Aero 6A or Aero 7A “Rocket Package”
  • Missiles: AIM-9 Sidewinder
  • Other: 150 gal drop tank

Avionics

• AN/ARC-27A UHF COMMS
• AN/ARA-25 UHF
• AN/ARR-40 UHF
• AN/ARN-14E VHF Nav
• AN/APX-6B IFF
• AN/APA-89 video coder
• AN/APG-30A ranging radar

YF9F-9 – Original designation.F11F-1Single-seat fighter version for the U.S. Navy, redesignated F-11A in 1962. 199 built and later production aircraft had a longer nose. One was used for static tests with a further production of 231 aircraft cancelled.

F11F-1P – Designation of a Navy photo reconnaissance version, 85 were cancelled.

F11F-1F Super Tiger (G-98J) – F11F-1 fitted with the J79-GE-3A engine, two built.

F11F-1T – Proposed tandem-seat trainer variant; unbuilt.

• 138619 – Stricklands Surplus in Wilmington, North Carolina.
• 138645 – NAF El Centro in Imperial County, California.
• 141735 – Yanks Air Museum in Chino, California.
• 141783 – MAPS Air Museum in Canton, Ohio.
• 141790 – Grissom Air Museum at Grissom Air Reserve Base near Peru, Indiana.
• 141802 – Lawson Creek Park in New Bern, North Carolina.
• 141811 – Combat Air Museum in Topeka, Kansas.
• 141824 – Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona.
• 141828 – National Museum of Naval Aviation at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida.
• 141832 – Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, New York.
• 141851 – NAES Lakehurst, New Jersey
• 141853 – Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum in Pueblo, Colorado.
• 141859 – Veteran’s Memorial Park in Tishomingo, Oklahoma.
• 141864 – NAS Oceana Air Park, Virginia.
• 141868 – Planes of Fame Air Museum in Valle, Arizona.
• 141872 – Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
• 141882 – Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum in Titusville, Florida.
• 141869 – Discovery Park of America in Union City, Tennessee.