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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
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