Specifications (A-7E)
Data from Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft,International Directory of Military Aircraft, Combat Aircraft since 1945
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 46 ft 1.5 in (14.06 m)
- Wingspan: 38 ft 9 in (11.81 m)
- Height: 16 ft 0.75 in (4.90 m)
- Wing area: 375 ft² (34.8 m²)
- Airfoil: NACA 65A007 root and tip
- Empty weight: 19,490 lb (8,840 kg)
- Max. takeoff weight: 42,000 lb (19,050 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Allison TF41-A-2 turbofan, 14,500 lbf (64.5 kN)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 600 knots (698 mph, 1,123 km/h) at sea level
- Combat radius: 621 nmi (700 mi, 1,127 km)
- Ferry range: 2,485 nmi (2,860 mi, 4,600 km) with external fuel tanks
- Wing loading: 77.4 lb/ft² (379 kg/m²)
- Thrust/weight: 0.50
Armament
- Guns: 1× 20 mm (0.787 in) M61 Vulcan 6-barreled gatling cannon with 1,030 rounds
- Hardpoints: 6× under-wing and 2× fuselage pylon stations (for mounting AIM-9 Sidewinder AAMs only) with a capacity of 15,000 lb (6,800 kg) and provisions to carry combinations of:
- Rockets: 4× LAU-10 rocket pods (each with 4× 127 mm Mk 32 Zuni rockets)
- Missiles:
- 2× AIM-9 Sidewinder AAM
- 2× AGM-45 Shrike Anti-radiation missile (ARM)
- 2× AGM-62 Walleye TV-guided Glide bomb
- 2× AGM-65 Maverick
- 2× AGM-88 HARM
- 2× GBU-8 electro-optically guided Glide bomb
- Bombs:
- Up to 30× 500 lb (227 kg) Mark 82 bombs or Mark 80 series of unguided bombs (including 3 kg and 14 kg practice bombs)
- Paveway series of laser-guided bombs
- Up to 4× B28 nuclear bomb/B57 nuclear bomb/B61 nuclear bombs
- Other: up to 4 × 300/330/370 US gallon drop tanks
Avionics
- Texas Instruments AN/APQ-126 terrain following radar
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