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Grumman G-118 is a project that never took in the production line in any way. This (somewhat) rocket-powered aircraft is a design for all-weather, missle carrying interceptor for the US Navy. Originally meant as a uprated/successor of the F-11F Tiger, as of the project was getting worked on overtime, it became something much bigger than that. The project was terminated in favour of F-4H Phantom II (XF4H-1) as for Phantom and the F-8 Crusader was in already in production.
Overview:
-Crew: 2
-Length: 57 ft 7 in (17.55 m)
-Wingspan: 43 ft 11.69 in (13.4033 m)
-Height: 14 ft 10 in (4.52 m)
-Wing area: 595 sq ft (55.3 m2)
-Empty weight: 26,355 lb (11,954 kg)
-Wing loading: 62.8 lb/sq ft (307 kg/m2)
Stats:
-Maximum speed: Mach 2
-Stall speed: 124 knots to 136 knots (with drop tanks)
-Range: 1,352 nmi (1,556 mi, 2,504 km)
-Service ceiling: 60,000 ft (18,288 m)
-Empty weight: 26,355 lb (11,954 kg)
-Gross weight: 37,366 lb (16,949 kg)
-Max takeoff weight: 51,216 lb (23,231 kg)
-Powerplant: 2 × J79-GE-3 after-burning turbojet engines, 10,000 lbf (44 kN) thrust each dry, 15,600 lbf (69 kN) with afterburner
-Powerplant: 1 × throttleable rocket engine, 5,000 lbf (22 kN) thrust
Armament:
-Rockets: 2 x AIR-2 Genie unguided nuclear rockets or
-Missiles: 3 × AIM-7 Sparrow III missiles, 2x AIM-7 Sparrow and 3 × AIM-9 Sidewinder
-Drop tanks(?):954 gal.
Why would it be suggested to be added?: Somewhat of uniqueness for its design, also one of the last Grumman aircraft to do carrier operations aside from the F-14 Tomcat.
Pros:
Adds variety and would be interesting to see its rockets capabilities in-game.
Cons:
Again, hard to fully model and to add since the partially found sources of reference of this project (stats and whatnot, will add more images).
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