| Name: |
Super Hornet |
| Model: |
F/A-18E/F Super
Hornet |
| Purpose: |
Carrier-based
Strike Fighter |
| General Characteristics: |
- Crew: One
- Length: 60
ft 1.25 in (18.31 m)
- Wingspan:
44 ft 8.5 in including wingtip-mounted missiles (13.62 m)
- Height: 16
ft (4.88 m)
- Wing area: 500.00 ft² (46.45
m²)
- Empty weight: 30,564
lb (13,864 kg)
- Basic weight: 31,500 lb (14,288 kg)
- Fighter configuration: 47,000
lb (21,320 kg)
- Internal fuel capacity: 14,000 lb (6,350
kg)
- External fuel capacity (5 x 480 gal tanks):
16,380 lb (7,430 kg))
- Max
takeoff weight: 66,000 lb (29,900 kg)
- Powerplant: 2× General
Electric F414-GE-400 turbofans,
14,000 lbf dry; 22,000 lbf with afterburning (62 kN / 98 kN)
each
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| Performance: |
- Maximum
speed: In excess of Mach 1.8 at high altitude (1,188+
mph)
- Range: 681
mi (1095 km) on hi-hi-hi interdiction mission with 4× 1,000
lb (454 kg) bombs, 2× AIM-9
Sidewinder missiles, and 2 drop tanks, or 173 miles combat,
on 135-minute maritime air superiority mission with 6 AAMs and
3 drop tanks (1,095 km / 278 km)
- Service
ceiling: >50,000 ft (15,000 m)
- Rate
of climb: ft/min (m/s)
- Wing
loading: lb/ft² (453kg/m²)
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| Armament: |
- Guns: 1× 20 mm M61A1/A2
Vulcan cannon
- 11 external weapons stations with capacity up
to 17,750 lb (8,050 kg). 2 wingtip LAU-127 launchers for Sidewinder,
6 removable under wing mounted hard points,
2 multi-mode conformal fuselage stations (Sparrow / AMRAAM or FLIR/ASQ-228
ATFLIR), 1 centerline fuselage removable hardpoint, usually
fuel or refueling store.
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