Specifications (Mk 32)
Data from Meteor, Sabre and Mirage in Australian Service
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 37 ft 6 in (11.43 m)
- Wingspan: 37 ft 1 in (11.3 m)
- Height: 14 ft 5 in (4.39 m)
- Wing area: 302.3 sq ft (28.1 m²)
- Empty weight: 12,000 lb (5,443 kg)
- Loaded weight: 16,000 lb (7,256 kg)
- Max. takeoff weight: 21,210 lb (9,621 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Rolls-Royce Avon turbojet, 7,500 lbf (33.4 kN)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 700 mph (1,100 km/h) (605 knots)
- Range: 1,153 mi, (1,000 NM, 1,850 km)
- Service ceiling: 52,000 ft (15,850 m)
- Rate of climb: 12,000 ft/min at sea level (61 m/s)
Armament
- Guns: 2× 30 mm ADEN cannons with 150 rounds per gun
- Rockets: 24× Hispano SURA R80 80mm rockets
- Missiles: 2× AIM-9 Sidewinder Air-to-air missiles
- Bombs: 5,300 lb (2,400 kg) of payload on four external hardpoints, bombs are usually mounted on outer two pylons as the inner pairs are wet-plumbed pylons for 2× 200 gallons drop tanks to give the CAC Sabre a useful range. A wide variety of bombs can be carried with maximum standard loadout being 2 x 1,000 lb bombs plus 2 drop tanks.
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