The Starfighter uses a General Electric J79. The axial-flow #turbojet engine provides 15,800 lbs thrust and has a max speed of Mach 2, The Starfighter has a range of 1,388 miles and a service ceiling of 57,500 ft. The J79 is a single-spool turbojet with a seventeen-stage compressor. At the time, the novel arrangement of variable stator blades allowed the engine to develop pressure similar to a twin-spool engine at a much lower weight.
The stainless steel compressor blades are mounted on disks. The first seven stage's disks being made of titanium. Corrosion-resistant (not stainless) steel spacers follow. Early #engines produced smoke at cruise settings which was not good in combat. Later models were "smokeless". Also the J79 makes strange sounds at certain throttle settings. NASA nicknamed F-104B Starfighter, N819NA, Howling Howland.
The fuselage had a high fineness ratio. The Starfighter's slender fuselage tapered towards the sharp nose giving it a small frontal area. The tightly packed fuselage contained the radar, cockpit, cannon, fuel, landing gear, and engine. The fuselage and wing combination provided low drag. The Starfighter's high angle of attack (alpha) point induced very high drag. The F-104 had good acceleration, rate of climb, and potential top speed. It's turn performance was poor. In the air, the F-104 proved very effective at high-speed attacks, but less so in dogfighting due to its wide turning radius. The Starfighter won world records in air speed and altitude.
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