BAC Strikemaster - Specifications (Strikemaster Mk 88)

Specifications (Strikemaster Mk 88)

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1976–77

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2(Pilot,Co-Pilot)
  • Length: 33 ft 8½ in (10.27 m)
  • Wingspan: 36 ft 10 in (11.23 m)
  • Height: 10 ft 11½ in (3.34 m)
  • Wing area: 213.7 ft² (19.85 m²)
  • Airfoil: NACA 23015 (modified) at root, NACA 4412 (modified) at tip
  • Empty weight: 6,195 lb (2,810 kg)
  • Loaded weight: 9,303 lb (4,219 kg) (pilot training)
  • Max. takeoff weight: 11,500 lb (5,215 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Rolls-Royce Viper Mk.535 turbojet, 3,140 lbf (15.2 kN)

Performance

  • Never exceed speed: 518 mph (450 knots, 834 km/h)
  • Maximum speed: 481 mph (418 knots, 774 km/h) at 18,000 ft (5,485 m)
  • Stall speed: 98 mph (85.5 knots, 158 km/h) (flaps down)
  • Range: 1,382 mi (1,200 nmi, 2,224 km) (at max take-off weight)
  • Combat radius: 145 mi (126 nmi, 233 km) with 3,000 lb (1,360 kg) weapons, lo-lo-lo profile
  • Service ceiling: 40,000 ft (12,200 m)
  • Rate of climb: 5,250 ft/min (26.7 m/s)

Armament

  • Guns: 2× 7.62 mm NATO machine guns with 550 rounds each
  • Hardpoints: 4 (2 per wing) with a capacity of 3,000 lb (1,364 kg) and provisions to carry combinations of:
    • Other: bombs, machine gun pods, air-to-ground rocket pods, fuel drop tanks, and napalm tanks.

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