Republic XF-103 - Specifications (XF-103, As Designed)

Specifications (XF-103, As Designed)

General characteristics

• Crew: one pilot
• Length: 77 ft (23.5 m)
• Wingspan: 34 ft 5 in (10.5 m)
• Height: 16 ft 7 in (5.1 m)
• Wing area: 401 ft² (37.2 m²)
• Empty weight: 24,949 lb (11,317 kg)
• Loaded weight: 38,505 lb (17,466 kg)
• Max. takeoff weight: 42,864 lb (19,443 kg)
• Powerplant:
  • 1 × Wright XJ67-W-3 turbojet, 15,000 lbf (66.7 kN)
  • 1 × Wright XRJ55-W-1 ramjet, 18,800 lbf (83.6 kN)

Performance

• Maximum speed: Mach 3 (as a turbojet) / Mach 5 (ramjet-only)
• Service ceiling: 80,000 ft + (24,390 m +)
• Rate of climb: 19,000 ft/min (5,800 m/min)
• Wing loading: 96 lb/ft² (470 kg/m²)
• Thrust/weight (jet): 0.57:1 (afterburner only); 0.95:1 (afterburner and ramjet)
  
• Combat radius: 245 mi (394 km)
• Ferry range: 1,545 mi (2,486 km)

Armament

• 36 × 2.75 in (70 mm) FFAR rockets

and

• 6 × GAR-1/GAR-3 AIM-4 Falcon

or

• 4 × GAR-1/GAR-3 AIM-4 Falcon missiles
• 2 × Nuclear-Tipped air-to-air missiles