![]() Moving straight from the Corsair to the Fishbed, we would like to give you a small preview of the upcoming cockpit update. ‘Y pylons’ enabling the fuselage stations to carry four air-to-air missiles or Zuni podsĭespite its primary role, the F8 Crusader eventually turned out to be a capable air-to-ground platform, at one time being the only Navy fighter capable of carrying Mk 84 2,000lb bombs, one under each wing. This in turn was addressed by the engine upgrade to a Pratt & Whitney J-57-P-420, which is the engine our Crusader will feature.įurthermore, the F-8J featured the following:Ĥ x 20 mm Colt-Browning Mk 12 cannons in the lower forward fuselage area It introduced a number of improvements, of which most noticeable is the Boundary Layer Control, providing additional lift during take-off and landing, which initially was met with mixed success caused by a variety of issues such as ramp strikes. The F-8J ‘Juliet’ in development, was the last major modification of the Crusader family, which followed ‘Echo’ version. Navy squadrons during Rolling Thunder operation. The Crusader during its time, enjoyed great success against North Vietnamese MiGs, officially being attributed with 18 enemy aircraft shot down, which represented 53 percent of all Vietnamese fighters claimed by the U.S. Navy at the outbreak of Vietnam conflict. The F-8 Crusader was numerically the most populous fighter in the U.S. With the first production F8U-1 leaving Dallas plant on September 20, 1955, a new era in naval aviation had begun. The result was Vought’s Model V-383, later designated XF8U-1, enjoying all the advantages available at a time such as lightweight materials, newly developed aerodynamics, ram air turbine and a formidable armament. Navy wanted a fighter capable of Mach 1.2 at 30,000 ft, Mach 0.9 at sea level and a 25,000ft-per-minute rate of climb coupled with great maneuverability. Conceived during the early 1950s, the F-8 Crusader was developed by Vought with a set requirements that have changed an established long ago axiom, that carrier-based aircraft could not outperform shore-based ones. The F-8 Crusader revered by Naval Aviators as the ‘last of the gunfighters’ due to it’s four 20 mm Colt-Browning Mk 12 cannons, is a legendary fighter now coming to a DCS World. ![]()
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