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Lockheed Martin C-130H Hercules

Specifications

General characteristics

Crew: 5: (two pilots, navigator, flight engineer and loadmaster)

Capacity:

92 passengers or

64 airborne troops or

74 litter patients with 2 medical personnel or

6 pallets or

2–3 HMMWVs or

2 M113 armored personnel carrier

Payload: 45,000 lb (20,000 kg)

Length: 97 ft 9 in (29.8 m)

Wingspan: 132 ft 7 in (40.4 m)

Height: 38 ft 3 in (11.6 m)

Wing area: 1,745 ft² (162.1 m²)

Empty weight: 75,800 lb (34,400 kg)

Useful load: 72,000 lb (33,000 kg)

Max takeoff weight: 155,000 lb (70,300 kg)

Powerplant: 4× Allison T56-A-15 turboprops, 4,590 shp (3,430 kW) each

Performance

Maximum speed: 320 knots (366 mph, 592 km/h) at 20,000 ft (6,060 m)

Cruise speed: 292 kn (336 mph, 540 km/h)

Range: 2,050 nmi (2,360 mi, 3,800 km)

Service ceiling: 23,000 ft (7,000 m)

Rate of climb: 1,830 ft/min (9.3 m/s)

Takeoff distance: 3,586 ft (1,093 m) at 155,000 lb (70,300 kg) max gross weight;1,400 ft (427 m) at 80,000 lb (36,300 kg) gross weight

Avionics

Westinghouse Electronic Systems (now Northrop Grumman) AN/APN-241 weather and navigational radar