Name: F7F-3 Tigercat "Bad Kitty"
Description: Rikke has kept the original 20mm autocannons that came with the plane. She's also done her best to get the plane in favorable working conditions, but there's only so much she can do. Rikke has enjoyed flying it however.
She has also kept the original colors and markings, and keeps them in as best condition as possible.
Plane Type: Fighter
Extra Aircraft Notes:
Length - 45 ft 4 in (13.8 m)
Wingspan - 51 ft 6 in (15.7 m)
Height - 16 ft 7 in (5.1 m)
Wing area - 455 ft² (42.3 m²)
Empty weight - 16,270 lb (7,380 kg)
Max. takeoff weight - 25,720 lb (11,670 kg)
Powerplant - 2 × Pratt & Whitney R-2800-34W Double Wasp radial engines, 2,100 hp (1,566 kW) each
Performance
Maximum speed - 460 mph (400 knots, 740 km/h)
Range - 1,200 mi (1,000 nmi, 1,900 km)
Service ceiling - 40,400 ft (12,300 m)
Rate of climb - 4,530 ft/min (23 m/s)
Weapons Descriptions:
-No installment of standard minigun and rockets
-Original 4 20mm autocanons
-Two mounting points under wings, next to fuselage. Can be used for bombs (up to 1000lbs each), fuel tanks, or a mix.
-One mounting point under fuselage for torpedo only.
Weaknesses: While the plane is ancient in time, it isn't without it's problems. And while Rikke has knowledge on how to get a cold engine started, and on how to manage engine temperatures. The engines still have unreasonably long start-up times, regardless of start conditions.
And since Rikke kept the plane in, more or less, original condition. Repairing key items like the engines will be quite costly, and probably time consuming.