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1955 - 0337.PDF
FLIGHT, 11 March 1955 TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT - 1955 337 Leading Particulars of the Major Types, Listed in Order of All-up Weight 'T'HIS table presents, in compact form, basic data for all the principal transport aircraft now in J- operation or under construction. Unusually, the aircraft have been arranged in order of weight, since this permits more ready comparison to be made between generally similar types of aircraft. On the other hand, too-direct comparison should not be attempted; as noted at the foot of the page, the basis upon which each figure is given may vary between one machine and the next (this is particularly true of range), and no account has been taken of date of design or of the current market value. Type Vickers V.C.7 Boeing 707 Lockheed 1549 Bristol 175-300LR Bristol 175-250LR Bristol 175-300 Bristol 175-250 Bristol 175-100 D.H. Comet 3 Boeing 377 Douglas DC-7C Blackburn UniversalLockheed 1049C Douglas DC-7B Douglas DC-7 D.H. Comet 2 Breguet Provence Lockheed 749A Douglas DC-6A Douglas DC-6B S.E. Caravelle Douglas DC-6 Lockheed 049 H.P. Hermes IVA Canadair 4 Douglas DC-4 Avro York Vickers Viscount 802 Viscount 700D Vickers Viscount 700 D.H. Ambassador Convair CV-340 Curtiss C-46 Martin 4-0-4 Bristol 170 Mk 31 Nord 2501 Convair CV-240 S.O.30P Bretagne Hurel-DuboisHD-32 11-12Saab Scandia H.P. Herald Vickers Viking Fokker Friendship Convair Cansoj Douglas DC-3 A.T. Accountant Lockheed Lodestar H.P. Marathon Yak-16 S.A. Twin Pioneer D.H. Heron 2 Percival Prince 3 Beech D-18 D.H. Dove 1 D.H.C. Otter D.H. Rapide D.H.C. Beaver Take-off weight Ib 200,000 190,000 185,000 165,000 165.000 155,000 155,000 150,000 150.000 145,800 139.000 135,000 133,000 126,000 122,000 120,000 113,700 107,000 107,000 107,000 99,200 97,200 96,000 86,000 82,000 73,000 68,000 62,000 60,000 57,000 55,000 47,000 45,000 44,900 44.000 43,120 41,790 41,665 39,672 38,000 35.280 34.000 34,000 32,630 28,000 28,000 24,000 21,500 18,250 14,100 13,500 13,000 11,000 8,750 8,500 7,600 5,550 5,100 Power units No. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 4 2 2 2 1 2 1 Type R-R. Conway P. and W. JT3L P. and W. PT2F Proteus 755 Proteus 755 Proteus 755 Proteus 755 Proteus 705 Avon 521 P. and W. R-4360 Wright R-3350-EA1 Centaurus 673 Wright C18-DA1 Wright R-335O-DA1 Wright R-3350-DA1R-R. Avon 502 P. and W. R-2800 Wright C18-BD1 P. and W. R-2800 P. and W. R-2800 Avon 521 P. and W. R-2800 Wright C18-BA3 Hercules 773 R-R. Merlin 724 P. and W. R-2000 R-R. Merlin 500 R-R. Dart 510 R-R. Dart 510 R-R. Dart 505 Centaurus 661 R-2800-CB16 R-2800-71 R-2800-CB16 Hercules 734 Hercules 739 R-2800-CB16 R-2800-B43 R-1830-92 ASH-82FNV R-2180-E1 Leonides Major Hercules 634 Dart 510R-1830-92 R-1830-92 Dart 510 R-1830 D.H. Queen 70 ASH-21 Leonides 503/8 D.H. Queen 30 Mk2 Leonides 502/4 R-985-14B D.H. Queen 70 R-1340-S3H1-G D.H. Queen 6 P. and W. R-985 Output per unit* 10,0001 6,000 4,150 4,150 4,150 4,150 3,780 10,000 t 3,500 3,400 2,850 3,250 3,250 3,250 7,350 t 2,400 2,500 2,500 2,500 10,000 t 2,400 2,200 2,125 1,760 1,450 1,610 1,697 1,697 1,547 2,600 2,400 2,000 2,400 2,000 2,040 2,400 2,000 1,200 1,775 1,800 870 1,690 1,690 1,200 1,200 1,690 1,200 340 750 550 250 550 450 340 600 203 450 Span ft in 140 0 130 0 150 0 142 3i 142 3± 142 3l 142 3| 142 3i 115 0 141 3 127 6 162 0 123 0 117 6 117 6 115 0 141 0 123 0 117 6 117 6 112 6 117 6 123 0 113 '0 117 6 117 6 102 0 94 0 94 0 94 0 115 0 105 4 108 0 93 3 108 0 106 7 91 9 88 2 148 7 104 0 91 10 95 0 89 3 95 0 104 0 95 0 77 6 65 6 65 0 65 7 76 6 71 6 56 0 47 8 57 0 58 0 48 0 48 0 Length ft in 146 0 127 10 124 4 124 3 124 3 124 3 124 3 114 0 111 0 110 4 112 3 99 2 113 7 108 11 108 11 96 1 94 11 95 2 105 7 105 7 103 4 100 7 95 2 96 10 93 5 93 10 78 0 85 0 81 2 81 2 82 0 79 2 76 4 74 7 68 4 71 8 74 8 62 2 76 4 69 11 69 11 70 3 65 4 73 0 68 6 64 5 57 6 49 10 52 1 47 6 45 1 48 6 42 10 34 2 39 6 42 0 34 6 30 3 Wing loading Ib/sq ft 79.1 100 80.3 80.3 75.4 75.4 73 72 82.4 85 46.4 80 86.1 83.559 48.4 64.8 73.1 73.1 63 66.4 58.2 61.1 55.1 49.9 52.4 64.3 62.3 59.1 43.7 50.8 35 52 29.5 40 51 45 36.8 38.2 38 38.5 45.3 20 28.3 40 33.6 36.7 19 26 30.1 2526.3 18.7 17.4 20.4 Capacity payload Ib 30,000 18.000 30.000 36,700 30,000 36.700 25,000 19,500 23,640 20,130 54,170 25,000 22,870 20,353 13,000 32,400 18,000 28,100 19,200 20,900 16,800 19,000 15,340 12,000 18,000 11,000 14,200 12,800 12,700 9,950 12,700 12,200 9.900 12,000 15,070 9,460 9,920 11,705 9,350 10,395 6,940 9,535 4,500 6,340 7,520 5,036 3,000 3,000 3,054 1,800 2,200 1,200 1,500 No. of seats 130 80-130 60-90 65-101 65-87 65-101 65-87 63-92 58-76 52-90 62-100 100-132 63-99 64-95 64-95 44 106 49-65 Freight 56-82 70-91 56-76 43-81 40-60 40-57 40-60 35 53-70 40-59 40-59 40-47 44 40-56 44 40 45 40 43 44 32 32 44 36 24-36 20 21-36 22-36 10-14 22 10 16 14-17 8 7 11 14 7 5-7 Typical performance Distance st. miles 3,000 4,400 4,500 3,740 3,800 3,050 4,100 2,600 2,600 4,400 200 3,000 3,500 3,0502,600 870 2,400 2,750 3,000 1,473 3,500 3,450 1,600 2,600 2,100 1,300 1,060 1,450 1,400 470 750 600 900 850 700 650 650 600 750900 1,417 160 500 900 350 500 130 720 600 500 690 902 970 490 1,065 213 880 Load Ib 30.000 18,000 30,000 36,500 30,000 36,500 25,000 19,500 23,000 16,740 46,300 25,000 15,000 17,225 13,000 24,250 18,000 28,000 19,000 20,900 16,000 10,000 15,000 12,000 17,000 11,000 14,200 12,800 12,700 9,950 11,200 11,000 9,000 10,000 12,500 9,000 9,400 11,705 8,000 7.000 6,930 6,940 7,000 4,000 6,340 6,000 4,500 4,172 3,000 3.000 2.926 1,500 1,2801,672 2,200 800 1,500 Speed m.p.h. 500 410 350 350 350 350 340 500 300 343 180 300 350 350 500 223 280 280 290 492 280 270 230 270 200 210 318 320 304 253 268 210 255 166 190 274 225 165 200 230 200 204 266 150 170 275 220 158 170 124 183159 210179 139 117 137 Height ft 40.000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 40,000 25,000 15,000 8,000 18,000 23,500 23,500 40,000 8,000 15,000 18,000 18,000 40,000 18,000 12,000 13,000 18.000 8,000 8,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 15,000 15,000 10,000 15,000 5.000 9,840 10,000 15,000 10,000 5,00010,000 10.000 6.000 20,000 10,000 6.000 15,000 10.000 5.000 5,000 5,000 8,00010,000 10,0008.000 10,000 2,000 10.000 Fieldlength ft . 8,000 6,500 6,500 6.500 5.750 5,750 4,780 7,100 7,000 3,990 6,100 5,750 6,0507,200 5,600 4,775 6,150 6,350 5,900 5,400 4,500 5,120 5,200 5,050 5,000 5,640 5,190 5,265 4,720 4,500 3,800 4,360 3,675 2,700 4,420 5,725 3,600 2,1003,940 2,200 4,800 3,8002,000(L) 3,200(S) 2,680 — — 3,500 1,600 675 2,7002,700 2,400 980 1,600 880 *The output per engine is the maximum rated sea-level power whichcan be used for take-off. In piston engines it is brake horse-power, in turboprops it is total equivalent horse-power and in turbojets it ispounds thrust (denoted by the suffix "t"). General notes: the figures in the last column represent the I.C.A.O.balanced field length for the type, and are generally of the order of twice the actual ground run during an all-engines take-off; where a certi-ficated weight varies according to the country of operation, the British figure (if appropriate) is given; where the aircraft has not yet beencertificated, the normal all-up weight is given and not the maximum (design limit) weight; the typical performances are, of course, selectedfrom a wide curve of possible values, and the DC-3, for example, is frequently used on stages considerably longer than the distance given.It should be stressed that these performances are based upon the best available data and yet should not be used as a basis for comparisonbetween different aircraft—for example, the distances given for the Britannias are all still-air ranges, whereas those for the Comets arestage-lengths (the figures are generally stage lengths, but these data are unavailable for some aircraft). Notes on specific aircraft: Vickers Armstrongs V.C.7 take-off weightis estimated; Boeing 707 data apply to present prototype only; de Havilland Comet 2 and 3 data are also not necessarily representativeof what these aircraft will achieve when fully certificated; Viscount 700 data refers to present B.E.A. Series 701, and some 700-series machineshave, or will have, the Dart 506, of higher efficiency, and an increased take-off weight of 58,500 lb; Curtiss C-46 weight is that for passengeroperation, or 3,000 lb less than the certificated weight for freight; the figures in the last column for the Canso amphibian refer to landand sea operation; the Prince and Dove shown in this table are the types now in general use although both have now been supersededby developments with increased all-up weight (Prince 5 and Dove 5 and (6); landplane Otter and Beaver data are given.
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