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Description
| Manufacturer: | Grumman |
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| Base model: | F5F | ||
| Designation: | XF5F | ||
| Version: | -1 | ||
| Nickname: | Skyrocket | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Navy / Marines | ||
| Designation Period: | 1922-1962 | ||
| Basic role: | Fighter | ||
| Status: | Experimental | ||
Specifications
| Length: | 27' 0" | 8.2 m | |
| Height: | 11' 4" | 3.4 m | |
| Wingspan: | 40' 0" | 12.1 m | |
| Gross Weight: | 8,671 lb | 3,932 kg | |
Propulsion
| Powerplant: | Wright XR-1820-40/42 | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 1200 | ||
Performance
| Max Speed: | 350 mph | 563 km/h | 304 kt |
| Ceiling: | 32,000 ft | 9,753 m | |
Known serial numbers
Recent comments by our visitors
| Gerilynn Buffalo, MO | the Grumman XF5F-1 is a great excersize in design and correct only in the snub nose version
variance in design after the original just don't measure up to the original.(personal opinion) since the days of the Blackhawk Squadron of the early 50's this has long been one of my favorite aircraft, along with the F4U-5/F2G Corsair. there is one real XF5F-1 in the wright /Patterson Air Force museum in Dayton Ohio. a must see Museum. 07/22/2012 @ 04:43 [ref: 63813] |
| Kevin Hines , NY | Pic of P-50 is correct- note downward curve and rounded sides to nose ahead of cockpit. Long-nose X5F5F has flat sides to nose and flatter topline-more chisel-shaped. 07/27/2010 @ 18:46 [ref: 28410] |
| bernie rosenberg , NY | this is for people who grew up during ww2. the skyrocket was the plane that was depicted in the comic book featuring a character named "BLACKHAWK". he was the leader of a band of international pilots who fought the nazis. thet came from holland,england & other allied countries. how many out there remember this? 11/20/2007 @ 15:08 [ref: 18606] |
| Gary Wolfe Tucson, AZ | I agree. The photo claiming to be XP-50 has a shorter and blunter nose than the photo I uploaded of the XP-50 page from Lloyd S. Jones "U.S. Fighters". 03/05/2007 @ 16:21 [ref: 15779] |
| Trevor Windsor, ON | To those who think there is a picturs of an XP-50... you are wrong... The nose of all these planes is not long enough. The XP-50 had a tricycle landing gear which required an even longer nose than those pictured here. 10/18/2005 @ 23:12 [ref: 11511] |
| Marc Dornep Chillicothe, OH | Im modeling a Skyrocket for Flight Simulator 2004 and Im having a problem with a few details of the model. One issue is with the dive brakes, I have only see dive brakes on the Skyrocket in scale model kits...never in a photo of the Skyrocket. My second issue is with the tail wheel, I read somewhere that it retracts....however I've never seen a photo of the Skyrocket in flight with the tail wheel retracted. If anyone has any info that could help out, you can email me or reply on this board.
Thanks 05/17/2005 @ 21:22 [ref: 10247] |
| Mark Sydney, OTH | In Reference to a flying model - Cleveland Model and Supply Company make a Plan Set, I haven\'t seen it but here is their website, browse to World War 2 Aircraft to find the entry
http://www.clevelandairline.com/ASP/PRODUCT.asp 05/16/2005 @ 15:42 [ref: 10230] |
| daniel , OTH | The "Skyrocket"is an interesting airplane so I will start to build it as an modelplane.Your webside was very useful for doing this, thanks. 03/06/2004 @ 04:47 [ref: 6913] |
| Don Rapp Lebanon, Ohio, OH | Tony's right, you know. Blackhawk did indeed fit out his squadron with XF5Fs 'way back in the late '50s. Later, Howard Chaykin began the "new" Blackhawks but kept the F5F, and later a "cross" between the F5F and the P-50.
I sure wish I could find a "Skyrocket" in Electric RC. What a surprise that'd be at the flying field! 10/03/2002 @ 23:21 [ref: 5807] |
| Tony Newcomb Decatur, IL | RE:the 3 pictures in your "provided by viewers". 2 of the
pictures are the XF5F - the 2d photo is of the XF-50, a version designed for the Army Air Corps (note the longer nose). Same aircraft, but the XF-50 had a nose-wheel(thus the longer nose!) and the XF5F used a tail wheel. The F7F Tigercat was an outgrowth of the XF5F. Trivia note: The radio and comic book hero, "BLACKHAWK", (and his squadron) flew XF5Fs !!!!! 06/28/2001 @ 21:02 [ref: 2543] |
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