The Grumman F8F Bearcat is an American single-engined, carrier-based fighter aircraft introduced in late World War II. It served during the mid-20th century in the United States Navy, the United States Marine Corps, and the air forces of other nations. It was Grumman Aircraft's last piston-engined fighter aircraft.

The Grumman F8F Bearcat was one of the best piston-engine fighters to see operational service with the US Navy. It was also the last of a series of piston-engine carrier based fighters, which had been initiated with the FF-1 of 1931.

2018年1月29日 · The Grumman F8F Bearcat is the Dodge Viper of airplanes. Both are outrageous, lightweight, in-your-face- American, monster-motor artifacts of fast-disappearing eras, designed on the cheap and produced quickly.

2013年1月14日 · The Grumman F8F Bearcat was a squat, low-wing design with wide-tract landing gear, folding wings, and a bubble canopy. The new plane was also extremely light, which gave it exceptional manoeuvrability and a rate of climb clocked at 4,500 feet per minute.

After careful study of air combat operations from carriers, Grumman designed the F8F as a follow-on to its highly successful F6F Hellcat. The airplane featured a smaller airframe built around...

2022年9月11日 · Many features of the Bearcat’s design were inspired by a Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter that had been captured and turned over to Grumman for study. The main missions of the F8Fs were to establish superiority over the highly maneuverable Japanese A6M-5 Zero fighter and to defend the fleet against suicide (kamikaze) attacks carried out by Japanese ...

It is an eighteen-cylinder air-cooled twin-row radial engine with two poppet valves per cylinder, a variable-speed unified with the throttle through automatic engine control single-stage single-speed centrifugal-type supercharger, one Stromberg injection carburetor, and an air-cooling system.

GRUMMAN F8F-2 “BEARCAT” NAVY FIGHTER Bu No. 122674; #N7825C. Specifications F8-2 Bearcat. General characteristics. Powerplant: Performance. Armament. In July 1943 Roy Grumman proposed to develop a small fighter plane which could be used on large or small carriers, with a performance superior (in every way) to the F6F.

2020年6月25日 · As a final demonstration of the Bearcat’s fantastic climbing ability, an F8F is reported to have set the record for a climb to 10,000 feet from a standing start in 91 seconds. It is said to have held this record for almost three decades, until …

The Grumman F8F Bearcat (affectionately called "Bear") was an American single-engine naval fighter aircraft of the 1940s. It went on to serve into the mid-20th Century in the United States Navy and other air forces, and would be the company's final piston engined fighter aircraft.