The Grumman F7F Tigercat is a heavy fighter aircraft that served with the United States Navy (USN) and United States Marine Corps (USMC) from late in World War II until 1954.

虎猫的最终生产型F7F-4N进行了许多改进，使机体强度和稳定性都得到增强。 F7F-4N具有在航母上起降的能力，但该型一共只生产了12架 [8]。 首批F7F-1于1944年4月列装海军陆战队战斗机中队，直到 二戰結束 所有中队都在本土进行换装训练，无一派往海外执行战斗任务。 改良型号F7F-2及F7F-3分别于1944年11月和1945年3月开始进入陆战队现役，但同样错过了二战 [9]。 美国海军陆战队的VMF (N)-513飞行中队曾在朝鲜战争早期阶段使用F7F-3N，负责在夜间进行拦截以及 …

2017年5月9日 · 得到改进的飞机被赋予新编号：F7F-4N。 1947 年 5 月，海军发布命令，禁止除 F7F-4N 之外的“虎猫”战机在航母上起降。 在“福吉谷”号航母上进行舰载试飞的 F7F-4N F7F-4N 的出现，标志着格鲁门公司在真正意义上达成了当初的设计目标。

2021年12月15日 · F7F-3N是在F7F-3基础上推出的双座夜间战斗机，主要是加装了SCR-720雷达和一个雷达操作员座舱，撤掉了4挺12.7毫米机枪，仅保留了4门机炮，共生产了60架。

2017年10月1日 · The F7F-4N was the final variant of the Tigercat and a carrier-based two seat night fighter. But of the 364 Tigercats completed when production ended in 1946, only 13 of them were F7F-4N models. Many of the remaining F7Fs were used as drone control aircraft and several flew as fire-bombers primarily during the 1960s and 1970s.

A late variant (F7F-4N) was certified for aircraft carrier operations. The Marine Corps preferred the firepower of the F7F for close air support: four 20 mm cannons and four .50 cal. machine guns, as well as underwing and under fuselage hard points for bombs and torpedoes.

The F7F-4N Tigercat is a two-seat night fighter version equipped with a tail hook and other naval equipment. A total of thirteen F7F-4Ns were built. It has an external length of 13.82 meters, an external height of 3.3 meters, and a fuselage diameter of 1 meter. It has a tail height of 5.05 meters and a wheelbase of 4.6 meters.

This, the F7F-4N, was the final version and variant of the F7F “Cat” family. It was equipped with many Naval upgrades, especially for the US Navy (including a tailhook designed to grasp onto the holding lines stretched across the deck of carriers), and was finally accepted by them but was produced too late to take part in active combat for ...

2019年4月2日 · F7F-4N - Dedicated Two-Seat Night-Fighter; reinforced throughout with arrestor hook for carrier-based operations; lengthened nose assembly for radar system; 13 examples produced.