Military Propeller Aircraft Data 2014
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Marinus, B. & Poppe, J. Data and Design Models for Military Turbo-propeller Aircraft Aerospace Science and Technology, 2015, 41, 63-80 10.1016/j.ast.2014.12.009
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The database consists of entries for 43 military aircraft that are currently encountered in air forces inventories across the globe. All of them are equipped with turbopropeller propulsion. In total 3354 records have been col- lected for aircraft characteristics covering entry into service date, dimensions and geometrical shape parameters of the fuselage, wing and tail surfaces as well as control surfaces, operating masses including maximum payload and fuel masses, engine figures of merit (such as maximum power and power specific fuel consumption), propeller di- ameter and rotational velocity, together with operational characteristics (long range cruise speed and altitude, range at maximum payload and ferry range). Aircraft are unambiguously identified by their usual military designation (e.g. C-130H, An-12, F- 27, P-3C, PC-21, T-6A) and category (transport,trainer, etc.). Nicknames and company names are omitted for brievity. Origin and reliability of the data. The original data has been collected from a variety of sources such as [15, 16] and manufacturer leaflets or performance manuals. Whenever possible the data from the unclassified literature has been cross-checked with open source web-based data or data from reference textbooks [1, 13, 17] and papers [6, 7]. The same check has been performed on derived quantities. Some geometrical data has been digitally computed through the use of technical drawings. Wherever needed, the data is accompanied by a label indicating the flight- phase to which the value refers (cruise, take-off/landing, climb, descent). Given its origin, the data presented in this paper should be considered as the best available record and not as a certificated value. SI units with the exception of kW, km/h and kg/kW/h are used throughout this paper. Each time the data is compared to values provided in ref- erence material, the best possible match is used between the present aircraft classes and the inconsistent aircraft category used in the source. This results for example in regional turboprop aircraft data being systematically com- pared to data for the military light transport category.