McDonnell F3H Demon – Foto e Video

Le McDonnell F3H Il Demon era un aereo da combattimento subsonico ad ala spazzata della Marina degli Stati Uniti. Il successore della F2H Banshee, il Demon è stato ridisegnato con il motore J71 dopo gravi problemi con il motore Westinghouse J40 che faceva parte del progetto originale ma alla fine abbandonato. Sebbene mancasse di potenza sufficiente per prestazioni supersoniche, ha completato i caccia diurni come il Vought F8U Crusader e il Grumman F11F Tiger come intercettore per tutte le stagioni armato di missili fino al 1964.

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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.