Short Belfast - Specifications (Belfast C Mk.1)

Specifications (Belfast C Mk.1)

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1969–70

General characteristics

  • Crew: Basic aircrew: 5 (two pilots, engineer, navigator and loadmaster)
  • Capacity: 150 troops (250 with removable upper floor)
  • Payload: 78,000 lb (35,381 kg)
  • Length: 136 ft 5 in (41.58 m)
  • Wingspan: 158 ft 9½ in (48.40 m)
  • Height: 47 ft 0 in (14.33 m)
  • Wing area: 2,466 ft² (229 m²)
  • Airfoil: NACA 25017 at root, NACA 4413 (mod) at tip
  • Aspect ratio: 10.22
  • Empty weight: 127,000 lb (57,607 kg)
  • Max. takeoff weight: 230,000 lb (104,328 kg)
  • Powerplant: 4 × Rolls-Royce Tyne R.Ty.12, Mk. 101 turboprop, 5,730 ehp (4,270 kW) each
  • Propellers: Hawker Siddeley Dynamics 4/7000/6 fully feathering
    • Propeller diameter: 16 ft (4.88 m)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 352 mph (306 knots, 566 km/h)
  • Cruise speed: 336 mph (292 knots, 541 km/h) at 24,000 ft (7,315 m) (econ cruise)
  • Stall speed: 112 mph (97 knots, 180 km/h)
  • Range: 5,300 miles (4,609 nmi, 8,528 km) with maximum fuel
  • Service ceiling: 30,000 ft (9,144 m)
  • Rate of climb: 1,060 ft/min (5.4 m/s
  • Range with maximum payload: 1000 mi (870 nmi, 1,609 km))

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