Photo Name
Tanker22--6-08.jpg

 
Aircraft Details

Lockheed P-3C Orion

General characteristics

 * Crew: 11
 * Length: 116ft 10in (35.6m)
 * Wingspan: 99ft 8in (30.4m)
 * Height: 38ft 8in (11.8m)
 * Wing area: 1300sq ft (120.8sq m)
 * Airfoil: NACA 0014-1.10 (Root) - NACA 0012-1.10 (Tip)
 * Empty weight: 77,200lb (35,000kg)
 * Loaded weight: 135,000lb (61,400kg)
 * Useful load: 57,800lb (26,400kg)
 * Max takeoff weight: 142,000lb (64,400kg)
 * Powerplant: 4 Allison T56-A-14 turboprop, 4,600shp (3,700kW) each
 * Propellers: Four-bladed Hamilton Standard propeller, 1 per engine
    - Propeller diameter: 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)

Performance

 * Maximum speed: 411kts (750km/h)
 * Cruise speed: 328kts (610km/h)
 * Range: 4,830nm ferry (8,944km)
 * Service ceiling: 28,300ft (10,400m)
 * Rate of climb: 3,140ft/min (16m/s)
 * Wing loading: 107lb/sq ft (530kg/sq m)
 * Power/mass: 0.03hp/lb (0.06kW/kg)

Armament

 * Guns: None
 * Hardpoints: 4 under-wing, 4 under-wingroot pylon stations and an internal bomb bay with a capacity of 20,000lb (9,100kg) and provisions to carry combinations of:
    - Rockets: None
    - Missiles:
       = Air-to-surface missile: AGM-65 Maverick, AGM-84 Harpoon, Standoff Land Attack Missile
    - Bombs:
       = Depth charges
    - Other:
       = Mk44 (mostly retired from service), Mk46, Mk50, Mk54 or MU90 Impact torpedoes
       = Mk25, Mk39, Mk55, Mk56, Mk60 CAPTOR or Mk65 Quickstrike naval mines
       = Active and passive Sonobuoys

Avionics

 * Raytheon AN/APS-137(V) multi-mission surveillance radar
 * Hazeltine Corporation AN/ARR-78(V) sonobuoy receiving system
 * Fighting Electronics Inc AN/ARR-72 sonobuoy receiver
 * 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

Download Photo

Tanker22--6-08.jpg - 414614 bytes.