History - "TFX" Characteristics

 
Project 34
Navy "Position"
DOD Decision
Final
 
Nov.
EMR
 
May 1961
22 Aug.1961
9-1-61
GD
Eval.
SPO
Navy
   
AIR
DDR&E
NAVY
NAVY
MIN.       Proposal   "Current" "Current"
  NAVY FORCE COMPROMISE DESIRED COMPROMISE USAF.      
9-62
11-62
11-64
11-64
AIR FORCE VERSION              
GROSS WEIGHT 50000 63000 55000         ~60000   69120 69654 77306
FUEL-INTERNAL 17500 25000 19000             28960 28960 31453
FUEL-EXTERNAL 4000 0 0             2310 2310 2310
ORDNANCE 2000 2000 2000       "approach ?or-183"
LO-LO-RADIUS 555 800 340     800   800   800 800 800
DASH SPEED-S.L. 1 1.2 1.2     1.2   1.2   1.2 1.2 1.2
DASH DISTANCE 100 200 100     200   200   210 125 122
T.O.DISTANCE - 50' 2000 2500 2200         3000   2780 3210 2910
ALTERNATE GR.WT. 57000   68200
EXTERNAL FUEL 10000   12000
LO-LO-HI RADIUS 625   830   800
DASH DIST./SPEED 100/1.0   100/1.2   100/1.2
              "Navy concurrence if
NAVY VERSION             Weight Exceeds"
GROSS WEIGHT 50000 62000 56260 50000 55000 59000   55000   62788 63500 71380 73339
FUEL-INTERNAL 17500 19000 19000             18120(?) 15420 20300 23003
ORDNANCE 6000 5000 3260 6000 6000 GAR-9       6000 6000 6071 6071
LOITER TIME@150MI 3.3 4.8 4.2 3.5   3.9   3.5
FLIGHT STRENGTH 6 7.33   6   7.33
OPERATE FROM CVA-43     CVA-43 CVA-43 CVA-43   CVA-43 CVA-59 CVA-59 CVA-59 CVA-59 CVA-59
LENGTH -USAF VERSION 56 82.5 66     76   73   72 72 72.1 72.1
LENGTH -NAVY VERSION 56     56 61         66 66 66.7 66.7
LENGTH -FOLDED       56 66     56"potential"   60.7 60.7 61.7 61.7
SPAN 50 68 60
RADAR ANTENNA 40 40 40         36   36 36 36 36
BOMB BAY CAPACITY 0 8000 3000         2000   2000 2000 2000 2000
ENGINES 2TF-30 2TF-30 2TF-30             2TF-30 2TF-30 2TF-30 2TF-30
NO. OF AIRCRAFT 934 779 1708             1726 1726 1122
NAVY/USAF 934/0 0/779 929/779             235/1491 235/1491 355/767
TOTAL R&D COST 259 356 356             711 918 1049
TOTAL PROD.COST 2981 2385 4620             5092 6165 6083
TOTAL COST 3240 2741 4976             5803 7083 7132
AVG. UNIT COST 3.47 3.52 2.91             3.4 4.1 6.3
MIN. PROD.UNIT 2.84 1.84 2.08 3 3.3 3.5       2.4 2.9 4.4