The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II. Designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, it was the United States Navy 's dominant fighter in the second half of the Pacific War.

2018年6月30日 · The Grumman F6F Hellcat was one of the most important fighter planes of the Second World War, described by many as a war-winning weapon. The Hellcat was developed as an improvement upon a previous Grumman plane, the F4F Wildcat.

2022年7月23日 · The Grumman Hellcat has cemented for most naval and aviation historians alike the reputation of being the best naval fighter of WW2, and third best allied fighter. It killed more planes in the pacific than any other allied fighters, USAAF, USN, USMC, or FAA.

2017年3月8日 · Goldilocks Fighter: What Made the F6F Hellcat “Just Right”? A Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat fighter makes condensation rings as it awaits the take-off flag aboard USS Yorktown. (National Archives) Grumman’s F6F Hellcat was perfectly suited to young American naval aviators battling Zeros in the Pacific.

2023年2月24日 · Enter the F6F Hellcat—Grumman’s upgraded F4F Wildcat, with heavier armor plating, a more powerful engine, greater range, and more potent guns—a sturdy and dependable single-seat carrier fighter that decidedly tipped the balance of power toward the U.S.

2019年7月3日 · During its service in World War II, the F6F Hellcat became the most successful naval fighter of all time with a total of 5,271 kills. Of these, 5,163 were scored by US Navy and US Marine Corps pilots against a loss of 270 Hellcats.

The Grumman F6F Hellcat is a single-crew carrier-based fighter aircraft with an external length of 10.24 meters, an external height of 4.4 meters, and a fuselage diameter of 1.5 meters. It has a wingspan of 13.06 meters and a wing area of 31.02 square meters.

2021年7月22日 · Page details technical specifications, development, and operational history of the Grumman F6F Hellcat Carrierborne Fighter / Fighter-Bomber Aircraft including pictures.

2023年12月23日 · Described by at least one aviation expert as “pugnacious rather than elegant,” the Grumman F6F Hellcat still proved to be a war-winning aircraft. It was also designed and developed with great speed and then mass-produced at a rate never equaled by any other single aircraft in history.

2013年1月14日 · The Grumman F6F Hellcat, essentially a larger and more powerful development of the Grumman F4F Wildcat, flew in its original XF6F-1 form on 26 June 1942, with a 1,700 hp Wright R-2600-10 Cyclone engine.