Technical data

Type :

Two-seated shipboard fighter and strike-fighter

Weights:

Empty 18 112 kg Normal 26 718 kg Maximum 33 724 kg

Performance:

Maximum speed at sea level 1470 km/h (Mach 1.2)

 

Maximum speed at 14 930 m 2549 km/h (Mach 2.4)

 

Maximum cruising speed 925 km/h

 

Radius of action with six AIM 7 AAM´s 725-1230 km

 

Time to 18 300 m 2 min 6 sec initial rate of climb 152.4 m/sec service ceiling 15 250 m

Dimension:

Wing span 19,54/11,45 m

Length overall 18,90 m

Height overall 4,88 m

Height overall 4,88 m

Engin:

Two pratt & Whitney TF30-P-412 turbofans each rated at 5670/9480 kg thrust

Armament:

One 20 mm M-61A1 cannon with 675 rpg and (as fighter) two AIM 7F Sparrow, two AIM 9L

Variants:

F14 B: Improved version with uprated power plant ( two Pratt & Whitney F400-PW-400 each rated at -/12745 kg thrust) and more advanced electronics.

 

F14 C improved series with two TF30-PW-414A turbofans and improved electronics

 

F14 D "Super Tomcat"uprated General Electric F101DFE turbofans, from 1987/88

Production:

series production from 1972 F14 A 925 planned by 1994, of which over 640 delivered by end of 1980

 

F14 B 2 prototypes only 1973/74

 

F14 C Series production from 1983/84

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