Grumman G-607 Sea Control Ship (SCS) fighter

[Antonio]

3 view from Grumman entry, the Model 607

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

Grumman Model 607

Designed for the Sea Control Ships, proposed in 1971. Powered by a 15,650lb/27500lb PW JTF22A-30B lift/cruise turbofan with a conventional rear nozzle and a swivveling nozzle on each side of the rear fuselage, annd 2 x 11,535lb Grumman GLE-607A liftjets mounted vertically behind the cockpit. Armament was a cannon in the port leading edge, Sidewinders on wingtips and Sparrows under wing.

Span: 9.6m (6.65m folded)
Length: 15.74m
Height: 4.88m
Wing Area: 33.91 sq m
Empty Weight: 8.711kg
VTO Weight: 13,936kg
Max Weight: 16,652kg
Max Speed: Mach 1.2 sea level, Mach 2.0 at altitude.
Combat endurance: 1.72 hours at 555km (conventional takeoff)

Source:

• Rene Francillon, Grumman aircraft since 1929, 1989

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

Model 607 drawing from http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~mason/Mason_f/SD1L9vgs.pdf

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

Grumman intended to use digital autopilot/FBW in pitch on Model 607A.

Source:
Howard Berman, Richard Gran "AN ORGANIZED APPROACH TO THE DIGITAL AUTOPILOT DESIGN PROBLEM" AIAA 73-848

 

[Jemiba]

No designation mentioned in Aviation Week 13/1972, but it's probably the same design [Grumman 607- Admin], which is shown in this artists impression.

 

[Sentinel Chicken]

Was there ever any suggestion of what sort of radar this design would have used? The nose to me has always seemed short and on the space-limited side........

 

[sferrin]

Given the time frame probably the APG-66.

 

[hesham]

Hi,


it seemed to be there is a two variants from Grumman G-607,the second one is
bigger and has a stretch fuselage;


http://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/3.58753?journalCode=ja

 

[hesham]

From Naval Air System Command 1975.

 

[hesham]

From this report.