I have upgraded my 25 parts Blue Angel F11F into this 83 parts NAVY version because I love the way it fly. It is one smooth and beautiful airplane. Besides, there was a funny story (well, not so fun for the pilot) behind F11F. It was the first plane to shot down by it's own cannons - since it was so fast in a shallow dive. You could find that story on YouTube or on the web somewhere.
This plane was build just for mobile friendly - but it also pop up so many time as an auto spawn Ai plane.
Your mission:
Try to land on USS Beast. You can do it. Slow down to 150 mph, or below, bring down the arresting hook (AG-1) when landing.
History:
The Grumman F11F/F-11 Tiger is a supersonic, single-seat carrier-based fighter aircraft designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Grumman. For a time, it held the world altitude record of 76,939 feet (23,451 m), as well as being the first supersonic fighter to be produced by Grumman. Only 199 were build.
Manufactured 1954–1959
Introduction date 1956
First flight 30 July 1954
Retired 1961 (Carrier), 1967 (Training), 1969 (Blue Angels)
Wikipedia
Photos by @CaptainBrayden
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Predecessor 25 Parts F11F Tiger
- Created On iOS
- Wingspan 27.8ft (8.5m)
- Length 38.2ft (11.6m)
- Height 13.9ft (4.2m)
- Empty Weight 9,339lbs (4,236kg)
- Loaded Weight 10,971lbs (4,976kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 3.072
- Wing Loading 43.3lbs/ft2 (211.2kg/m2)
- Wing Area 253.6ft2 (23.6m2)
- Drag Points 3369
Parts
- Number of Parts 83
- Control Surfaces 5
- Performance Cost 439
Watch out! This plane was auto-spawned as an AI plane and shot me down twice while I was flying an F16. I used 7 wings (with 5 control surfaces) and for that reason, I thought it would not spawn as an AI plane. But it did.
Love the retro look on this guy, nice!
@dekanii @GuardianAerospace
A Tiger Bites Its Tail
On Sep 21, 1956 Grumman test pilot Tom Attridge shot himself down in a graphic demonstration of two objects occupying the wrong place at the same time—one being a Grumman F11F-1 Tiger [138260], the other a gaggle of its own bullets..
It happened on the second run of test-firing four 20mm cannon at Mach 1.0 speeds. At 20,000' Attridge entered a shallow dive of 20°, accelerating in afterburner, and at 13,000' pulled the trigger for a four-second burst, then another to empty the belts. During the firing run the F11F continued its descent, and upon arriving at 7,000', the armor-glass windshield was struck, but not penetrated, by an object..
Attridge throttled back to slow down and prevent cave-in of the windshield, flying back to Grumman's Long Island field at 230 mph. He radioed that a gash in the outboard side of the right engine's intake lip was the only apparent sign of damage other than for the glass, but that 78 percent was maximum available power without engine roughness occurring..
Two miles from base, at 1,200' with flaps and wheels down, it became evident from the sink rate that the runway could not be gained on 78 percent power. Attridge applied power and said "the engine sounded like it was tearing up." It then lost power completely. He pulled up the gear and settled into trees less than a mile short of the runway, traveling 300 feet and losing a right wing and stabilizer in the process. Fire broke out, but, despite injuries, Attridge managed to exit the plane and get away safely, to be picked up by Grumman's rescue helicopter.
Examination of the F11F established there were three hits—in the windshield, the right engine intake, and the nose cone. The engine's inlet guide vanes were struck, and a battered 20mm projectile was found in the first compressor stage..
How did this happen? The combination of conditions reponsible for the event was (1) the decay in projectile velocity and trajectory drop; (2) the approximate 0.5-G descent of the F11F, due in part to its nose pitching down from firing low-mounted guns; (3) alignment of the boresight line of 0° to the line of flight. With that 0.5-G dive, Attridge had flown below the trajectory of his bullets and, 11 seconds later, flew through them as their flight paths met.
This article is from http://www.aerofiles.com/tiger-tail.html
@WinsWings OMG I THIS A DREAM!!! I FUCKING LOVE THE F-11! SOMEONE ACTUALLY KNOWS THIS!!!!!
Try this MiG-29 in dogfight
@extraordinaryman Thank you so much for your support
Nice to see this work, your Roundel is very similar to my 'USAF Roundel low visibility (1 label)' but not copied and much cleaner.
Looking forward to more work :)
@WinsWings I’ll give some a look. I like the brand easymodels too because it’s basically a decent kit model that’s been put together and painted professionally
@Mustang51 Yes, depends on manufacturer. But check the plastic models, they are very accurate and close to real proportions.
@WinsWings oh really? Most of the diecast ones I have from hobby master, calibre wings, corgi, etc have lots of details. More than any of the kits I’ve built at least anyways. Maybe I have to look at some better kits
@Mustang51 well,,,, I prefer the plastic models because of the details. Die cast ones usually lack of details
@WinsWings I was always terrible at the painting part. That’s why I changed to the metal ones hahaha
@Mustang51 nice. I used to build 1/72 and 1/48 model kits
Cool plane choice and nice build! I’ve got one of these as a diecast metal model in 1:72. One of my favourite models in my collection
@WinsWings lol ty
@CaptainBrayden interesting.
@WinsWings with no reshade
@WinsWings yessir
@CaptainBrayden your images look great, did you edit them?
@WinsWings ok np
@CaptainBrayden Thanks for the photos, posted now
@WinsWings np
@CaptainBrayden thank you so much
@WinsWings did some pictures for this as well
Reminds me of MrEarth's F11 Tiger, very top notch build.