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1958
1958 - 0296.PDF
310 FLIGHT DOUGLAS A4D-2 SKYHAWK (Ona 7,800 Ib-thrust Wright J45-W-4 turbojat) Dimension!: Span, 27ft 6in; overall length, 39ft 1in (increased to 41ft 11in when refuelling probe is extended); height to fin tip, 15ft 2in. Other geometrical data: wing area (gross). 260 sq ft; area of horizontal tail, 46.85 sq ft; area of vertical tail, 50 sq ft; wing root chord, 186in: sweep angle, 33 deg at 25 per cent chord. Weights: Basic operating weight, not available; normal gross weight, using petrol, 14,4001b; maximum weight of A4D-2. using JP-4, 15,5OOIb; internal fuel capacity, 770 U.S. gal. Performance: Maximum level speed, clean, 587 knots (680 m.p.h.); maximum range, approximately 1,000 nautical miles on internal fuel. A4D SKYHAWK . . . 1 Packard-Bell packaged communica- tions and navigation equipment 1 Dielectric panel 3 Detachable nose, two latches 4 Heavy-gauge (0.1 in) skin, no stiffeners 5 Instrument panel support frame 6 40 Ib ejection seat 7 Pilot release handle 8 Harness locking handle 9 Face-curtain handle 10 Six seat-rail rollers 11 Cockpit forward bulkhead 12 Cockpit rear bulkhead 13 Pressure head 14 Gunsight 15 Articulated control column 16 Hanging rudder pedals 17 Rudder control tubes 18 Left-hand console (power, under- carriage, flaps, etc.) 19 Shroud 20 Canopy control (canopy bungee- loaded) 21 Right-hand console (lighting, radio, navaids) 22 Hook control 23 Forward-retracting,pre-shortening, nose leg 24 jack 25 Steering cylinder 26 Shortening link 27 Wheel-well blister in cockpit floor 28 Single nosewheel door 29 Equipment bays each side of leg- well (air-conditioning, control bell- cranks, fuses) 30 Aeroproducts emergency ram-ait turbine, driving 1.7-kVA generator 31 Self-sealing fuel cell 32 Fuel-cell dished to accommodate 9-kVA alternator and General Elec- tric ball-piston drive 33 Gravity fuel fillers 34 Aerials 35 Air intake to Wright J65-W-4 (Sapphire) engine 36 Engine front steady point ^ 37 Main engine mountings 38 Oil tank •:-• 39 Accessory drive :v 40 Feed pipes (36) 41 Combustion section 42 Turbine section 43 Plain tailpipe (no afterburner) 44 Oil breather 45 Engine accessories access panel 46 O.OOSin stainless-steel shield bonded to wing skin 47 Fuselage break-frames
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