02247 F8F-1 Bearcat Trumpeter  [TP02247]

The F8F Bearcat wound up being the best of Grumman's piston-engine carrier-based fighters. Two XF8F-1 prototypes had been purchased in November 1943, plus the firstly these was flown on 21 August 1944. Grumman decided just as before to accomplish company with numerous effective motor given by the full time, the Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp -- the exact same engine which had powered both their Hellcat and Tigercat designs. Now, the engine completed up being suited to the littlest, lightest airframe that might be built. This created a remarkably maneuverable, fast airplane with an intention price of climb 30percent significantly more than the Hellcat.

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