McDonnell F3H Demon – Photos & Vidéo

Lla McDonnell F3H Demon était un avion de chasse à réaction subsonique à voilure balayée par la Marine américaine. Successeur du F2H Banshee, le Demon a été redessiné avec le moteur J71 après de graves problèmes avec le moteur Westinghouse J40 qui faisait partie de la conception originale mais finalement abandonné. Bien qu’il manquait de puissance suffisante pour les performances supersoniques, il complétait les chasseurs de chiens de jour tels que le Vought F8U Crusader et grumman F11F Tiger comme un intercepteur tous temps, armé de missiles jusqu’en 1964.

Source: McDonnell F3H Demon sur Wikipedia

The McDonnell F3H Demon was a carrier-based jet fighter aircraft developed by the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation for the United States Navy in the 1950s. It was the first jet fighter in the Navy to have an afterburning engine and a radar fire-control system. The Demon was designed as an all-weather interceptor and fighter-bomber, capable of carrying air-to-air missiles, rockets, bombs, and nuclear weapons. The Demon had a swept-wing design with a single tail and a nose-mounted intake. It was powered by a Westinghouse J40 turbojet engine, which proved to be unreliable and underpowered, causing many accidents and limiting the performance of the aircraft. The Demon was later upgraded with a more powerful Allison J71 engine, which improved its speed and range, but not enough to compete with newer fighters. The Demon was eventually replaced by the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II in the 1960s.