VERSIONS – XF9F-2, F9F-2, -3
Details as F9F-2/3 (early) unless otherwise indicated
Additional wing fence
Martin Baker ejector seat
Additional
wing fence
F9F-2B: additional 4 x hardpoints
under each wing for bombs or
HVARs with a total external
payload of 1,270 kg (2,800 lb),
retrofitted to earlier F9F-2
airframes, -2B designation later
dropped in favour or F9F-2
F9F-2/3, F9F-2B
(later)
Details as XF9F-2 first prototype unless otherwise indicated
Armament installed: 4 x Hispano-Suiza Mk.3 20 mm
(0.79 in) cannons with 190 rounds per gun in nose
Perforated airbrakes
Upward wing fold angle
reduced to 62º
454 lt, (100 Imp gal, 120 US gal)
wing tip fuel tanks
Arrestor hook
F9F-2: 1 x Pratt and Whitney J42-P4 centrifugal turbojet
F9F-3: 1 x Allison J33-A-8 centrifugal turbojet
AN/APG-30 gun
ranging radar
A.F.C.S. gunsight
Increased internal
fuel capacity
F9F-2/3
(early)
Details as XF9F-2 first prototype unless otherwise indicated
Armament installed: 4 x Hispano-Suiza Mk.3 20 mm
(0.79 in) cannons with 190 rounds per gun in nose
AN/APG-30 gun
ranging radar
Pitot/boom on starboard
wing tip only
A.F.C.S. gunsight
XF9F-2
second prototype
Pitot
Tailplane mid-mounted on fin
Main gear
doors
Three-piece windshield
Tail bumper
1 x Pratt and Whitney
J42-P4 centrifugal turbojet
Forward-sliding
nose section for
easy armament/
avionics access
Tailpipe
cut into rear
fuselage
Rearward-sliding
bubble canopy
Twin, front hinged
airbrakes on lower
fuselage
Fuselage break line for
detachable rear fuselage
Wide, rounded, triangular fin
with blended fin/fuselage root
fillet, full length rudder
'Droop Snoot' forward-
sliding leading edge flaps
Wing fold line with wings
folding upwards 90º
Conventional mid-mounted folding
wing with minimal leading edge
sweep, greater trailing edge sweep
with large trailing edge root fillet
and dihedral
Pressurised air conditioned
cockpit
Grumman/Naval Air Engineering
Centre (Philadelphia) designed
ejector seat
Triangular wing root intakes
Large aileron
with trim tab
Tailplane with rounded planform, swept
leading edge, straight trailing edge and
full-length balanced elevators
Wing flap with smaller
inboard flap under
wing/fuselage junction
Engine blow-in doors
XF9F-2
first prototype
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