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24 gru 2008 · "Jan. '44-A modified F6F-3, including some of the features to be included in the later F6F-5 version, is flown at a speed of 410 mph at 21000 feet altitude." Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Dept. dated 1-49
WWII Aircraft Performance, wartime flight trials and reports of F6F Hellcat aircraft.F6F Hellcat data. F6F Performance Aircraft and Armament Experimental Establishment
Produkcja F6F Hellcat w zakładach Grummana w Bethpage w 1944 roku. Prototyp myśliwca XF6F-3 opracowany został w zakładach Grummana w Bethpage na Long Island, przez zespół konstruktorów którymi kierował Leroy Grumman. Prace trwały od początku 1938 do 1941 roku.
The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II. Designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, it was the United States Navy's dominant fighter in the second half of the Pacific War.
The Pratt & Whitney R-2800 engine boosted the Hellcats top speed to 375 mph (604 km/h), 29 mph (47 k./h) faster than the Zero. There are two versions of how the “Akutan Zero” affected the selection of engines for the Hellcat.
14 sty 2013 · The Grumman F6F Hellcat, essentially a larger and more powerful development of the Grumman F4F Wildcat, flew in its original XF6F-1 form on 26 June 1942, with a 1,700 hp Wright R-2600-10 Cyclone engine. It was then re-engined with a 2,000 hp Pratt & Whitney R-2800-10 Double Wasp to become the XF6F-3, flying in this form on 30 July 1942.
Instraight line it was faster than the F6F-3: It came from 0 to 290 knots at 200 feet to 356 knots at 25,000 feet versus 0- 200 feet to 17 knots at 25,000 feet. Also, designed as an interceptor, it's climb speed was way better than the Hellcat and Corsair: 165 knots versus 130 knots for the F6F-3. F6F-3 over California, 1943
