Specifications (CF-18)
Data from CF-18 Specifications
General characteristics
- Crew: 1 or 2
- Length: 56 ft 0 in (17.07 m)
- Wingspan: 40 ft 0 in with Sidewinders (12.31 m)
- Height: 15 ft 4 in (4.66 m)
- Wing area: 400 ft2 (37.16 m2)
- Airfoil: NACA 65A005 mod root, 65A003.5 mod tip
- Empty weight: 23,049 lb (10,455 kg)
- Loaded weight: 37,150 lb (16,850 kg)
- Max. takeoff weight: 51,550 lb (23,400 kg)
- Powerplant: 2 × General Electric F404-GE-400 turbofans, 16,000 lbf (71.2 kN) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: Mach 1.8 (1,127 mph, 1,814 km/h) at 36,100 ft (11,000 m)
- Combat radius: 330 mi (290 nmi, 537 km) on hi-lo-lo-hi mission
- Ferry range: 2,070 mi ( 1,800 nmi, 3,330 km) (range without ordnance)
- Service ceiling: 50,000 ft (15,000 m)
- Rate of climb: 50,000 ft/min (254 m/s)
- Thrust/weight: 0.89
Armament
- Nine Weapon/ Store Stations (5 pylons: 1 Under Fuselage and 4 Wing Stations) (2 LAU 116 located on sides of fuselage: deploys AIM 7 Sparrow and AMRAAM Missiles)(2 LAU 7 located on the wing tips: Deploys AIM 9 Sidewinder Missile), carrying up to 13700 lb (6215 kg) of missiles, rockets, bombs, fuel tanks, and pods
- 1 × 20 mm M61A1 Vulcan internal gatling gun with 578 rounds, with a firing rate of 4000 or 6000 shots per minute
- Missiles:
- Air-to-air: AIM-9 Sidewinder, AIM-120 AMRAAM, AIM-7 Sparrow
- Air-to-ground: AGM-65 Maverick, CRV7 rockets
- Bombs: Paveway, Mk 82, Mk 83, Mk 84, GBU-10, -12, -16 and -24 laser guided bombs.
Avionics
- Raytheon AN/APG-73 radar
- BAE Systems AN/APX-111 IFF
- Rockwell Collins AN/ARC-210 RT-1556/ARC VHF/UHF Radio
- General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems AN/AYK-14 XN-8 mission computer
- Smiths Aerospace AN/AYQ-9 Stores Management System
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