FJ-4B VMF-223
The North American FJ-4 Fury was a swept-wing carrier-capable fighter-bomber for the United States Navy and Marine Corps. The final development in a lineage that included the Air Force's F-86 Sabre, the FJ-4 shared its general layout and engine with the earlier FJ-3, but featured an entirely new wing design and was a vastly different design in its final embodiment.
Design and development
Compared to that of the FJ-3, the FJ-4's new wing was much thinner, with a six percent thickness-to-chord ratio, and featured skin panels milled from solid alloy plates. It also had an increased area, and tapered more sharply towards the tips. Slight camber behind the leading edge improved low speed characteristics. The main landing gear design had to be considerably modified to fold wheel and strut within the contours of the new wing. The track of the main wheels was increased and because they were closer to the center of gravity, there was less weight on the nosewheel. Wing folding was limited to the outer wing panels.
Armament Guns: 4 × 20 mm (0.787 in) Colt Mk 12 cannon
Missiles: 5 × AGM-12 Bullpup Missiles
Controls :
AG-1 : Activates AGM-12 Bullpups
AG-2 : Deploy Arresting Hook
AG-3 : Lights
AG-7 : Fold/Unfold Wing (VTOL Bar)
AG-8 : Disable Control Surfaces
Trim : Flaps
Manual to Launch AGM-12 Bullpups
-Disable the Control Surfaces by deactivating AG-8,
-Activate 1 & Deploy flaps (drop it to lowest angle) .
Do not launch at -2 or lower angles of attack since detachers are rather weak & missiles get stuck under the wings
Video about my Carrier Trials
Trivia :
Flight Model of this plane based on the War Thunder's FJ-4B VMF-223.
I hope you will like,Enjoy !
DeathStalker627
Specifications
Spotlights
- otayahiromo8211 4.9 years ago
General Characteristics
- Predecessor 1945-1950 Naval Aviation Challenge (Closed)
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 38.5ft (11.7m)
- Length 37.2ft (11.3m)
- Height 18.4ft (5.6m)
- Empty Weight 13,755lbs (6,239kg)
- Loaded Weight 18,832lbs (8,542kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 1.073
- Wing Loading 59.3lbs/ft2 (289.4kg/m2)
- Wing Area 317.7ft2 (29.5m2)
- Drag Points 9297
Parts
- Number of Parts 305
- Control Surfaces 7
- Performance Cost 1,127
Here is your score for the challenge!
Design: 13/20
Functionality: 8/10
Performance: 9/15
Build quality: 12/15
Paint scheme: 4/5
Personal opinion 5/5
Overall: 51/70 (5 upvotes!)
Awesome work！
@DeathStalker627 the challenge is called the 1945-50 naval aviation challenge so the plane is supposed to have existed and been used within that time. This plane had its first flight in 1954 so it’s outside of the time frame.
@Mustang51 But this plane is a 1950 era jet ?
Very nice build but unfortunately this plane is outside the time scope of the challenge. It will not be disqualified but it will lose many of the requirement points. Feel free to make another entry from within the time period though :)
@DeathStalker627 no problem.
@EternalDarkness @ProcessedPlAnEs Thanks for the first Upvotes !