Specifications (Sabre Mk.6)
General characteristics
- Crew: one, pilot
- Length: 37 ft 6 in (11.43 m)
- Wingspan: 37 ft 1½ in (11.32 m)
- Height: 14 ft 9 in (4.49 m)
- Empty weight: 10,618 lb (4,816 kg)
- Max. takeoff weight: 17,560 lb (7,965 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Avro Canada Orenda 14 turbojet, 7,275 lbf (32.36 kN)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 710 mph (1142 km/h)
- Range: 1,270 mi (2044 km)
- Service ceiling: 54,000 ft (16,460 m)
- Rate of climb: 11,800 ft/min
Armament
- Guns: 6 0.50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns (1,602 rounds in total)
- Rockets: variety of rocket launchers; e.g: 2 Matra rocket pods with 18 SNEB 68 mm rockets per pod
- Missiles: 2 AIM-9 Sidewinders
- Bombs: 5,300 lb (2,400 kg) of payload on four external hardpoints, bombs are usually mounted on outer two pylons as the inner pairs are wet-plumbed pylons for 2 200 US gallons (760 L) drop tanks to give the Sabre a useful range. A wide variety of bombs can be carried (max standard loadout being 2 1,000 lb bombs plus 2 drop tanks), napalm bomb canisters and can include a tactical nuclear weapon.
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