Grumman G-118
| G-118 | |
|---|---|
| Role | Fighter aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Grumman |
| Status | Not built[1] |
| Primary user | United States Navy (intended) |
The Grumman G-118 (sometimes called the XF12F, though this was never officialF-14 Tomcat, ordered in 1968.
Design
The Grumman Design 118 was a two-seat,
supersonic fighter aircraft. It had a 45° swept wing, a "T-tail" empennage, two small folding ventral fins, and a landing gear of tricycle configuration. For ejection, the tandem crew were encapsulated and ejected downwards. It also featured a boundary layer control system
to improve low speed handling.
The G-118 was to be powered by two J79-GE-3 engines, with accommodations for the more powerful
J79-GE-207 engines each producing 18,000 lbf of afterburning thrust. Similar to the contemporary Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III, it was designed with an additional throttleable liquid-fueled rocket engine using a mixture of JP-4 fuel and hydrogen peroxide oxidizer which produced 5,000 lbf of thrust.[3]
Armament stores would have been under the fuselage in two semi-recessed hardpoints for the AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missile and an internal weapons bay for an additional AIM-7 or three AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles.
Specifications (G-118, as designed)
Data from [1] and Standard Aircraft Characteristics[3]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 57 ft 7 in (17.55 m)
- Wingspan: 43 ft 11.69 in (13.4033 m)
- Height: 14 ft 10 in (4.52 m)
- Wing area: 595 sq ft (55.3 m2)
- Empty weight: 26,355 lb (11,954 kg)
- Gross weight: 37,366 lb (16,949 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 51,216 lb (23,231 kg)
- Powerplant: 2 × J79-GE-3 after-burning turbojet engines, 10,000 lbf (44 kN) thrust each dry, 15,600 lbf (69 kN) with afterburner
- Powerplant: 1 × throttleable rocket engine, 5,000 lbf (22 kN) thrust
Performance
- Maximum speed: Mach 2
- Range: 1,352 nmi (1,556 mi, 2,504 km)
- Service ceiling: 60,000 ft (18,288 m)
- Wing loading: 62.8 lb/sq ft (307 kg/m2)
Armament
- Rockets: 2 x AIR-2 Genie unguided nuclear rockets or
- Missiles:
- 3 × AIM-7 Sparrow III missiles
or - 2 × AIM-7 Sparrow and
- 3 × AIM-9 Sidewinder
- 3 × AIM-7 Sparrow III missiles
See also
Related development
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
Related lists
- List of fighter aircraft
- List of military aircraft of the United States
References
Notes
Bibliography
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft. London: Aerospace Publishing.[full citation needed] (Magazine)
- Angelucci, Enzo (1987). The American Fighter from 1917 to the Present. New York: Orion Books.
- World Aircraft Information Files. London: Bright Star Publishing.[full citation needed] (Magazine)
- Buttler, Tony (2008) [First published in 2007]. American Secret Projects: Fighters & Interceptors 1945-1978. Hinckley, England, UK: Midland Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85780-264-1.
- Pelletier, Alain J. (May–June 2000). "Grumman That Never Was: The XF12F—A Tomcat That Never Was". ISSN 0143-5450.
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.
External links
Media related to Grumman military aircraft at Wikimedia Commons
