DASSAULT MIRAGE F1
Spanish Air Force designation: C.14
TYPE:
- Single-seat multi-mission fighter and attack aircraft
PROGRAMME:
- Designed to replace the Mirage III family, Dassault designed the small, single engined fighter, the F1.
- The Mirage F1 prototype flew for the first time on December 23, 1966 and was followed by three pre-series aircraft.
- The primary role of the single-seat Mirage F1-C production version, is an all-weather interceptor at any altitude.
- It is equally suitable for visual ground attack missions, carrying a variety of external loads beneath the wings and fuselage.
Descriptions based on F1-C
DESIGN FEATURES:
- High-mounted, swept, tapered anhedral wings, with full-span leading-edge drooping slats and double slotted trailing-edge flaps, creating a very high aerodynamic efficiency.
- Compared the the Mirage III, these design features reduced the approach speed by 25% and the landing run by 35%. The dogfight manoeuvrability was also enhanced, and also reduced the loss of speed in turns.
- Optional refuelling probe on upper surface of nosecone.
- All-moving, mid-mounted, swept tapered tailplane. Large, swept single-spar fin.
POWER PLANT:
- One SNECMA Atar 9K-50 turbojet, rated at 7200 kg (70.6 kN; 15,873 lb st) with afterburning.
- Fuel in integral tanks in wings (combined capacity of 375 litres; 99 US gallons; 82.5 Imp gallons), and three main tanks and one inverted-flight supply tank (combined capacity of 3,925 litres; 1037 US gallons; 863.5 Imp gallons) in the fuselage.
- Total internal fuel capacity: 4,300 litres (1136 US gallons; 946 Imp gallons).
- Provision of two jettisonable auxiliary fuel tanks (each 1200 litres, 317 US gallons; 264 Imp gallons) to be carried on inboard wing pylons, plus a single tank of 2200 litres (581 US gallons; 484 Imp gallons) capacity on the underfuselage station.
- Non-retractable, but removable, optional flight refuelling probe on starboard side of nose.
ARMAMENT:
- Standard installed armament of two 30 mm DEFA 553 cannon, with 135 rounds, mounted in lower central fuselage.
- Maximum theoretical external combat load of 6300 kg (13,890 lb), comprising of:
- 2100 kg (4630 lb) on centreline pylon
- 1300 kg (2866 lb) on each inner wing pylon
- 550 kg (1213 lb) on each outer wing pylon
- 150 kg (331 lb) on each wingtip AAM rail (Matra 550 Magic or AIM-9 Sidewinder)
- 100 kg (220 lb) of chaff/flare dispensers on each fuselage shoulder position.
- Practical max operational load is 4000 kg (8818 lb).
- Externally mounted weapons for interception role include Matra Super 530 air-to-air missiles under inboard wing pylons.
- For ground attack, typical loads may include one Armat anti-radar missile, one AM 39 Exocet anti-ship missile, or up to 14,250 kg bombs, 30 anti-runway bombs or 144 Thomson-Brandt rockets.
| DIMENSIONS: (F1-C): |
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| Wingspan: | | |
| without missiles: | 8.40 m | 27 ft 6 3/4 in |
| over Magic missiles: | approx 9.32 m | 30 ft 6 3/4 in |
| Length overall: | 15.23 m | 49 ft 11 3/4 in |
| Height overall: | 4.50 m | 14 ft 9 in |
| AREAS: (F1-C): |
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| Wings, gross: | 25.00 m2 | 269.1 sq ft |
| WEIGHTS AND LOADINGS (F1-C): |
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| Weight empty: | 7400 kg | 16,314 lb |
| T-O weight, clean: | 10,900 kg | 24,030 lb |
| Max T-O weight: | 16,200 kg | 35,715 lb |
| PERFORMANCE: (F1-C): |
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| Max level speed: | | |
| High altitude: | Mach 2.2; 1259 kt | 2335 km/h; 1450 mph |
| Low altitude: | Mach 1.2; 800 kt | 1480 km/h; 920 mph |
| Max rate of climb at S/L: | 12,780 m/min | 41,930 ft/min |
| Service ceiling: | 20,000 m | 65,600 ft |
| Stabilised supersonic ceiling: | 16,000 m | 52,500 ft |
| T-O run: | 600 m | |
| Landing run: | 670 m | |
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