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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