Specifications (F-104S)
Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft, 1976-1977
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 16.7 m (54 ft 9 in)
- Wingspan: 6.68 m (21 ft 11 in)
- Height: 4.11 m (13 ft 6 in)
- Wing area: 18.2 m² (196 ft²)
- Empty weight: 6,760 kg (14,900 lb)
- Loaded weight: 9,840 kg (21,690 lb) ("clean" T-O weight)
- Max. takeoff weight: 14,060 kg (31,000 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × General Electric J79-GE-19 afterburning turbojet
- Dry thrust: 52.8 kN (11,870 lbf)
- Thrust with afterburner: 79.6 kN (17,900 lbf)
Performance
- Never exceed speed: Mach 2.2
- Maximum speed: 2,330 km/h (1,450 mph, 1,259 kn, Mach 2.2) at 11,000 m (36,000 ft)
- Cruise speed: 981 km/h (610 mph, 530 kn) at 11,000 m (36,000 ft)
- Range: 2,920 km (1,815 mi, 1,576 nmi) (Ferry range)
- Service ceiling: 17,680 m (58,000 ft)
- Rate of climb: 277 m/s (54,850 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 680 kg/m²
- Thrust/weight: 0.78:1 typical
- Climb to 10,700 m (35,000 ft): 1 min 20 sec
- Climb to 17,100 m (56,000 ft): 2 min 40 sec
- Ballistic zoom: > 27,400 m (90,000 ft)
- Range (with four auxiliary tanks), interceptor: 1,250 km (777 mi)
- Range lo-lo-lo with 7 x 340 kg (750 lb) bombs: 480 km (mi)
- Range hi-lo-hi with 7 x 340 kg (750 lb) M117 bombs: 608 km (mi)
- Acceleration to 12,000 m and Mach 2: 5 min
- Max G-load: 6.5
- Turning rate, max and continuous: 13 and 9°/sec
- Takeoff and landing: 830 m and 760 m
Armament
- Guns: 20 mm (0.79 in) M61A1 Vulcan cannon with 725 rounds
- Other: External bombs (max. seven) and missiles (max. eight). Hardpoints: ventral for 900 kg (1,984 lb), lateral, fuselage: 365 kg (805 lb), underwing, internal (wet) 450 kg (992 lb), external 365 kg (805 lb), wingtips (wet) for 680 kg (1,499 lb). AIM-9s could be carried on all except central, AIM-7s on underwing, external. Bombs on all except wingtips, but it was possible to carry napalm bombs. Typical loads: two-four tanks + two/four bombs or one AIM-9 and one AIM-7 (Interdictor configuration) or eight AIM-9 and two AIM-7/Aspide (Interceptor configuration)
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