The A-4 Skyhawk was designed by Douglas in response to a U.S. Navy call for a jet-powered attack aircraft to replace the older A-1 Skyraider. Douglas opted for a design that would minimize its size, weight, and complexity. The result was an aircraft that weighed only half of the Navy's weight specification. It had a wing so compact that it did not need to be folded for carrier stowage.: A-4F refinement of A-4E with extra avionics housed in a hump on the fuselage spine (this feature later retrofitted to A-4Es and some A-4Cs) and more powerful J52-P-8A engine with 9,300 lbf (41 kN) of thrust, later upgraded in service to J52-P-408 with 11,200 lbf (50 kN), 147 built. Some served with Blue Angels acrobatic team from 1973 to 1986
Item No: 02267 Item Name: A-4F Skyhawk Bar Code: 9580208022673 Scale: 1:32 Item Type: Static Kit Model Brief: Length: 411mm Wingspan: 261mm Total Parts: 530+pcs Metal Parts: main undercarriage Photo Etched Parts: 1piece Film Parts: n/a Resin Parts: n/a Total Sprues: 19 sprues andtyres Paint Schemes: US Navy Released Date: 2011-07 More Features" Fuselage -Left and right fuselage moulded w/ authentic details Engine -Finely detailed engine. Interior -Finely detailed gear cabin -Finely detailed cockpit: Wings - Newly tooled wings accurately represent real ones - Optional position flaps - plenty of external loads Undercarriage - Optional plastic or metal undercarriage PE -Photo-etched parts for safety belt,interior details
