Specifications (M-346)
Data from Alenia Aermacchi web page
General characteristics
- Crew: two, student and instructor
- Length: 11.49 m (37.70 ft)
- Wingspan: 9.72 m (31.89 ft)
- Height: 4.76 m (16.11 ft)
- Wing area: 23.52 m² (253.2 ft²)
- Empty weight: 4,610 kg (10,165 lb)
- Loaded weight: 6,700 kg (14,770 lb)
- Max. takeoff weight: 9,500 kg (20,945 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 × Honeywell F124-GA-200, 2,850 kg (6,250 lbf) each
Performance
- Never exceed speed: Mach 1.2 (1,092 km/h, 590 knots)
- Maximum speed: 1,059 km/h (572 knots)
- Stall speed: 166.7 km/h (90 knots)
- Range: 1,981 km or 1,070 nautical miles (Ferry range with 3 external drop tanks: 2,722 km or 1,470 nautical miles)
- Service ceiling: 13,716 m (45,000 ft)
- Rate of climb: 6,705 m/min (22,000 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 285 kg/m² (58.3 lb/ft²)
- Thrust/weight: 0.84
Armament
- Hardpoints: Provisions provided for a total of 9 pylon stations (2× wingtip, 1× under-fuselage plus 6× underwing), capable of mounting up to 3,000 kilograms (6,600 lb) of external payload and up to 3× 630 litres (140 imp gal; 170 US gal) external drop tanks (only pylon stations 4, 5, 6 are wet-plumbed)
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