The F9F-6 used an Aero 5D-1 weapons sight with an APG-30A gun-ranging radar. [13] The F9F-6 was later designated F-9F in 1962. Sixty were built as F9F-6P reconnaissance aircraft with …

2010年11月1日 · Measured along the waterline from the aft tip of the horizontal tail to the tip of the barricade deflector (the number provided in the Standard Aircraft Characteristics chart), the …

Based on the earlier Grumman F9F Panther, the Cougar replaced the Panther's straight wing with a more modern swept wing. The Navy considered the Cougar an updated version of the …

Sixty F9F-6 Cougar airframes were fitted by Grumman with a camera installation in the nose in place of the cannon, and were delivered under the designation F9F-6P between June 1954 …

The F9F-6 bore a striking resemblance to its predecessor, but featured a 35 degree swept wing that improved performance from Mach 0.79 to 0.86 at sea level and to 0.895 at 35,000 ft. …

A Pratt & Whitney J48-P-6 turbojet engine rated at 6250 lb. thrust (dry) and 7000-lb. thrust (water injection) powered the F9F-6. It had conventional horn-balanced ailerons for lateral control and …

The Grumman F9F-6 Cougar was the initial production model of the F9F Cougar carrier-based aircraft developed and produced by Grumman. It performed its maiden flight in September …

Prototypes were quickly produced by modifying Panthers, and the first (XF9F-6) flew on 20 September 1951. The aircraft was still subsonic, but the critical Mach number was increased …

Conceived as a straightforward derivative of the Panther, the F9F-6 retained the fuselage, vertical tail surfaces, power plant, and undercarriage of the F9F-5 and was fitted with wings swept at …

Initial production (646 airframes) was the F9F-6, delivered from mid 1952 through July 1954. Armament was four 20 mm (.79 in) M2 cannons in the nose and provision for tw-1,000 lb (454 …