Martlet IV

Martlet IV

Family
F4F Wildcat
Class
Carrier fighter
Aliases
F4F-4B, Wildcat IV
Produced
220
Changes
Folding-wing F4F-4 for Britain with a Wright R-1820-40B in a shorter rounded cowling with one wide flap on each side; six guns. Boscombe Down at 3334 kg: 447 km/h at 1036 m and 480 km/h at 4450 m.
Crew
1
Length
8,700 mm
Wingspan
11,600 mm
Engine
Wright R-1820-40B Cyclone
Engines
1
Max speed
480 km/h
Max speed altitude
4,450 m
Service ceiling
9,174 m

Climb time

AltitudeTime, min
6,096 m14.6

Armament

WeaponCountPosition
Browning AN/M2 .506Wing

Service

≈ Feb 1943 – Aug 1943