Friday, September 26, 2014

Lockheed P-3 Orion



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Lockheed P-3 Orion



General characteristics



Crew: 11

Length: 116 ft 10 in (35.6 m)

Wingspan: 99 ft 8 in (30.4 m)

Height: 38 ft 8 in (11.8 m)

Wing area: 1300 ft² (120.8 m²)

Airfoil: NACA 0014-1.10 (Root) – NACA 0012-1.10 (Tip)

Empty weight: 77,200 lb (35,000 kg)

Loaded weight: 135,000 lb (61,400 kg)

Useful load: 57,800 lb (26,400 kg)

Max. takeoff weight: 142,000 lb (64,400 kg)

Powerplant: 4 × Allison T56-A-14 turboprop, 4,600 shp (3,700 kW) each

Propellers: Four-bladed Hamilton Standard propeller, 1 per engine

Propeller diameter: 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)

Performance



Maximum speed: 411 kn (750 km/h)

Cruise speed: 328 kn (610 km/h)

Range: 2,380 nmi radius (4,400 km)

Combat radius: 1,346 nmi (2,490 km) three hours on-station at 1,500 feet

Ferry range: 4,830 nmi (8,944 km)

Endurance: 16 hours

Service ceiling: 28,300 ft[1] (8,625 m)

Rate of climb: 3,140 ft/min (16 m/s)

Wing loading: 107 lb/ft² (530 kg/m²)

Power/mass: 0.03 hp/lb (0.06 kW/kg)

Armament



Guns: None

Hardpoints: 10 wing stations in total (3x on each wing and 2x on each wing root) and eight internal bomb bay stations with a capacity of 20,000 lb (9,100 kg) and provisions to carry combinations of:

Rockets: None

Missiles: ***Air-to-surface missile: AGM-65 Maverick, AGM-84 Harpoon, AGM-84 Standoff Land Attack Missile (SLAM-ER)

Bombs: ***Depth charges, Mk 101 Lulu nuclear depth bomb, MK20 Rockeye, MK80 Series (MK82, MK83, MK84) general purpose bombs, B57 nuclear bomb (US service only, retired 1993)

Other: ***Mk 44 (mostly retired from service), Mk 46, Mk 50, Mk 54 or MU90 Impact torpedoes

Mk 25, Mk 39, Mk 55, Mk 56, Mk 60 CAPTOR or Mk 65 Quickstrike naval mines

Stonefish naval mine (in Australian service)

Active and passive Sonobuoys

Avionics



RADAR: Raytheon AN/APS-115 Maritime Surveillance Radar, AN/APS-137D(V)5 Inverse Synthetic Aperture Search Radar[78]

IFF: APX-72, APX-76, APX-118/123 Interrogation Friend or Foe (IFF)

EO/IR: ASX-4 Advanced Imaging Multispectral Sensor (AIMS), ASX-6 Multi-Mode Imaging System (MMIS)

ESM: ALR-66 Radar Warning Receiver, ALR-95(V)2 Specific Emitter Identification/Threat Warning

Hazeltine Corporation AN/ARR-78(V) sonobuoy receiving system

Fighting Electronics Inc AN/ARR-72 sonobuoy receiver

IBM Proteus UYS-1 acoustic processor

AQA-7 directional acoustic frequency analysis and recording sonobuoy indicators

AQH-4 (V) sonar tape recorder

ASQ-81 magnetic anomaly detector (MAD)

ASA-65 magnetic compensator

Lockheed Martin AN/ALQ-78(V) electronic surveillance receiver



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