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Description
| Manufacturer: | Douglas | |
| Base model: | F3D | |
| Designation: | F3D | |
| Version: | -1M | |
| Nickname: | Skyknight | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Navy / Marines | |
| Designation Period: | 1922-1962 | |
| Basic role: | Fighter | |
| Modified Mission: | Missile launch capacity | |
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Specifications
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Recent comments by our visitors
| Guy E. Franklin Montgomery, AL | The F3D-1's airframe was similar to that of the XF3D-1, but it was fitted with a stronger tail bumper wheel, and fully operational electronic systems that increased the takeoff weight by over two tonnes. It also featured uprated Westinghouse J34-WE-34 engines with 1,475 kilograms (3,250 pounds) thrust each, with the new engines requiring larger nacelles. A few early production F3D-1s were not fitted with the uprated powerplants due to engines availability problems.
The F3D-1 was still definitely underpowered, and only the initial batch of 28 were produced. The F3D-1s remained stateside and were used for training flight crew for the definitive Skyknight variant, the F3D-2. 08/17/2005 @ 13:43 [ref: 11009] |
| Adam Archuletta Sandiego, CA | I would like to have a photo of a F3D2M with all 4 missles attached to the wings. I was with VMF542 AT ELTORO And I loved working on this fighter.
Thank you ADAM ARCHULETTA 09/14/2004 @ 19:46 [ref: 8266] |
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