Just a bit of PS.
What’s PS-ed? (Pic 2 seems of the same series, pic 1 and 4 a bit earlier, without A/C, but taken around the same time. Pic 3 just for showing it is a common angle for a photo shot)
That´s a Fairchild Metro… isn´t it?
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Correct. it is the Metro III test-bed. History: http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/KleinBernhard/9352.htm
General characteristics
Crew: Two (pilot & first officer), 1 pilot in cargo only configuration
Capacity: 19 passengers or a cargo volume of 143.5 ft³ (4.06 m³)
Length: 59 ft 4 in (18.09 m)
Wingspan: 57 ft 0 in (17.37 m)
Height: 16 ft 8 in (5.08 m)
Wing area: 310 ft² (28.71 m²)
Empty weight: 8,737 lb (3,963 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 14,500 lb or 16,000 lb, depending on model (6,577 kg or 7,257 kg)
Powerplant: 2 × Garrett AiResearch TPE-331[note 6] turboprops with continuous alcohol-water injection (AWI), 1,000 shp (dry), 1,100 shp (with AWI) (745.5 kW, 820 kW) each
Propellers: four-bladed McCauley 4HFR34C652 or Dowty Rotol R.321/4-82-F/8 [39
As opposed to Saab 340 for e.g. Thailand.
http://www.chiangraitimes.com/news/2897.html
http://weapons.technology.youngester.com/2010/12/saab-340-erieye-aew-handed-to-thailand.html
Can the MV 22 really take a AEW radar and a operations suite to accommodate on board operators? I need to find some old articles about adding a self defense canon and how that would effect its capability to carry troops…
Saab 340 – EriEye
Saab 340
Crew: 2 pilots, 1 flight attendant
Capacity: 37 passengers
Length: 19.73 m (64 ft 8¾ in)
Wingspan: 21.44 m (70 ft 4 in)
Height: 6.97 m (22 ft 10½ in)
Wing area: 41.81 m² (450.0 sq ft)
Airfoil: NASA MS(1)-0313
Empty weight: 8,140 kg (17,945 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 13,155 kg (29,000 lb)
V-22 Osprey
Crew: Four (pilot, copilot and two flight engineers)
Capacity: 24 troops (seated), 32 troops (floor loaded), or
20,000 lb (9,070 kg) of internal cargo, or up to 15,000 lb (6,800 kg) of external cargo (dual hook) 1× Growler light internally transportable ground vehicle
Length: 57 ft 4 in (17.5 m)
Rotor diameter: 38 ft 0 in (11.6 m)
Wingspan: 45 ft 10 in (14 m)
Width with rotors: 84 ft 7 in (25.8 m)
Height: 22 ft 1 in/6.73 m; overall with nacelles vertical (17 ft 11 in/5.5 m; at top of tailfins)
Disc area: 2,268 ft² (212 m²)
Wing area: 301.4 ft² (28 m²)
Empty weight: 33,140 lb (15,032 kg)
Loaded weight: 47,500 lb (21,500 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 60,500 lb (27,400 kg)
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it will looks better without the red deck though…
Sure about that? The alternate color tends to be green…
On a second look, the AEW radar on the V-22 looks about the same height or lower than the tail fin. If that is the case, the height of the AEW version will not be more than 5.5m and there will be a 1.5m clearance from the hanger roof.
That CG is VERY old (2001-ish)
More: http://frn.beedall.com/masc.htm
As an alternative to the Merlin airframe, Boeing was actively promoting a version of the V-22 Osprey fitted with a palletized version of the Thales Cerberus mission system and the Searchwater airborne radar system under the project designation of TOSS. This evolved Cerebus system could also be fitted to Merlin’s equipped with a rear ramp. See Beedall under TOSS
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