North American F-100 Super Sabre

North American F-100 Super Sabre merupakan bagian dari generasi pertama pemburu supersonik pengintai (reconnaissance aircraft) Amerika dikenal sebagai Fighters Century Series, serta setara Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 Farmer . Pesawat ini dijuluki Hun (kependekan Seratus persen di Inggris, mengacu pada sebutan "F-100") oleh para pilotnya yang menghargai banyak. Dibangun lebih dari 2000 buah, F-100 memiliki karier yang panjang dan digunakan sampai 1982 oleh Turki .

Spesifikasi (F-100D)

Karakteristik umum 
 Kru: 1
 Panjang: 50 ft (15,2 m)
 Lebar sayap: 38 ft 9 in (11,81 m)
 Tinggi: 16 ft 2 ¾ in (4,95 m)
 Area sayap: 400 ft ² (37 m²)
 Berat kosong: 21.000 lb (9.500 kg)
 Loaded berat: £ 28.847 (13.085 kg)
 Max. berat lepas landas: £ 34.832 (15.800 kg)
 Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney J57 -P-21/21A turbojet
 Dorong kering: 10.200 lbf (45 kN)
 Dorongan dengan afterburner: 16.000 lbf (71 kN)
 Zero-angkat koefisien drag: 0,0130
 Tarik daerah: 5,0 ft ² (0,46 m²)
 Aspek rasio: 3.76

Prestasi 
 Kecepatan maksimum: 750 kn (864 mph, 1.390 km / jam, Mach 1,13)
 Rentang: 1.733 NM (1.995 mil, 3.210 km)
 Layanan langit-langit: 50.000 ft (15.000 m)
 Tingkat panjat: 22,400 ft / min (114 m / s)
 Loading sayap: £ 72,1 / ft ² (352 kg / m²)
 Thrust / weight: 0.55
 Angkat-to-tarik rasio: 13.9

Persenjataan 
 Senjata: 4 × 20 mm (0.787 in) Pontiac M39A1 revolver meriam
 Rudal: ** 4 × AIM-9 Sidewinder atau
 2 × AGM-12 bullpup atau
 2 × atau 4 × LAU-3 / A 2,75 "terarah roket dispenser
 Bom: £ 7.040 (3.190 kg) senjata, termasuk
 Bom konvensional atau penyimpanan khusus:
 Markus 7 bom nuklir atau
 Mk 28 bom nuklir atau
 Mk 38 bom nuklir atau
 Mk 43 bom nuklir

Avionics 
 Minneapolis-Honeywell MB-3 otomatis percontohan
 AN/AJB-1B sistem pengeboman ketinggian rendah
 AN/APR-26 belakang radar peringatan

Referensi 

 Anderton, David A. North American F-100 Super Sabre. London: Osprey Publishing Limited, 1987. ISBN 0-85045-662-2 .
 Başara, Levent. F-100 Super Sabre in Turkish Air Force - Türk Hava Kuvvetlerinde F-100 Super Sabre. Hobbytime, Ankara-Turkey, 2011. ISBN 8680157170010  
 Davies, Peter E. North American F-100 Super Sabre. Ramsbury, Wiltshire, UK: Crowood Press, 2003. ISBN 1-86126-577-8.
 Davies, Peter E. and David W. Menard. F-100 Super Sabre Units of the Vietnam War (Osprey Combat Aircraft, No. 89) Oxford, UK: Osprey, 2011. ISBN 978-1-84908-446-9.
 
 Drendel, Lou. Century Series in Color (Fighting Colors). Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications, 1980. ISBN 0-89747-097-4.
 Gordon, Doug. “Through the Curtain”. Flypast, December 2009 issue. Key Publishing. Stamford. ISSN 0262-6950
 Green, William. The World's Fighting Planes. London: Macdonald, 1964.
 Gunston, Bill. Fighters of the Fifties. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Specialty Press Publishers & Wholesalers, Inc., 1981. ISBN 0-933424-32-9.
 Hobson, Chris. Vietnam Air Losses: United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps Fixed-Wing Aircraft Losses in Southeast Asia, 1961–1973. North Branch, Minnesota: Specialty Press, 2001. ISBN 1-85780-115-6.
 Jenkins, Dennis R. and Tony R. Landis. Experimental & Prototype U.S. Air Force Jet Fighters. North Branch, Minnesota: Specialty Press, 2008. ISBN 978-1-58007-111-6.
 Pace, Steve. X-Fighters: USAF Experimental and Prototype Fighters, XP-59 to YF-23. St. Paul, Minnesota: Motorbooks International, 1991. ISBN 0-87938-540-5.
 Thompson, Kevin F. "North American NA-180>NA-262 YF-100A/F-100A/C/D/F Super Sabre." North American: Aircraft 1934–1999 – Volume 2. Santa Ana, California: Johnathan Thompson, Greens, Inc., 1999. ISBN 0-913322-06-7.
 Thompson, Warren E. "Centuries Series: F-100 Super Sabre." Combat Aircraft, Volume 9, Issue 3, June–July 2008, London: Ian Allan Publishing.

Pranala luar 

 JoeBaugher: F-100 Super Sabre Index
 JoeBaugher: Foreign Air Forces with F-100s
 F-100 Photo Database
 Warbird Alley: F-100 page – Information about privately owned F-100s
 F-100 Super Sabre Survivors, Static displays, locations, serial numbers, and links 
Bibliography for further reading
 F-100.org: Bibliography

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