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- True 1/72 scale
Professionally painted
Great attention to detail
All markings are Tampoed (pad applied)
Option to display the model on a stand that is provided
Model can be shown with the landing gear in the down or up positions
Optional armament has been provided
Canopy displays open or closed
Pilot figure
Extremely heavy metal with a minimum of plastic
Highly collectable
Specifications for Grumman Hellcat Mk. I (the equivalent of the F6F-3)
Manufacturer – Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation
Role – single-seat ship-borne fighter also used as a fighter-bomber and/or night fighter
First joined FAA squadrons – August 1943
Engine – 1 X Pratt & Whitney R-2800-10w / 2,173 hp
Dimensions
Wing span – 42.8 ft (13.06 m)
Wing area – 334 sq ft (31.03 sq m)
Length – 33.6 ft (10.24 m)
Height – 13.1 ft (3.99 m)
Weights
Empty – 9,154 lb (4,152 kg)
Maximum – 14.205 lb (6,443 kg)
Performance
Speed - Maximum 380 mph (611 km/h)
Initial climb rate – 3,250 ft/min (990 m/min)
Ceiling – 37,400 ft (11,400 m)
Maximum range – 1,305 miles (2,100 km)
Armament
6 X forward firing 0.5 in Browning machine guns in the wings / 400 rounds per gun
Optional
6 X rockets mounted under the wings
up to 2,000 lb of bombs
Squadron supplied – 700, 703, 706, 709, 721, 723, 725, 735, 748, 756, 757, 759, 760,
768, 771, 778, 781, 787, 787X, 800, 804, 808, 881, 885, 889, 891, 896, 898, 1839,
1840, 1844, 1847
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