不大出名的格鲁曼F7F“虎猫”是美国海军第一种在性能上较陆基战斗机先进的舰载战斗机。在它之前格鲁曼也曾经设计过双引擎战斗机,如海军的XF5F-1和空军的KP-50,但是它们都是在美国没有参加二战前设计研制的,所以并没有为F7F的设计提供多少关于格斗方面的经验,而且在战争期间,如果战斗机完成了结构设计,那么这种战斗机便会被安排在采购名单上。“虎猫”就是这种战时原则下的产物,但同时这也为它在结构上出现的问题埋下了祸根。 The less famous Grumman F7F “Tiger Cat” is the first US Navy's advanced carrier-based fighter to feature over land-based fighters. Before it Grumman also designed dual-engine fighter jets, such as the Navy's XF5F-1 and the Air Force KP-50, but they did not participate in the United States before World War II designed and developed, so did not provide much for the F7F design On the fighting experience, and during the war, if the fighters have completed the structural design, the fighter will be placed on the purchase list. The “tiger cat” is the product of this wartime principle, but at the same time it also burdens its structural problems.