Panavia Tornado ADV - Specifications (Tornado F3)

Specifications (Tornado F3)

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1993–94,

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 18.68 m (61 ft 3½ in)
• Wingspan: (Variable geometry wing)
  • At 25° wing position : 13.91 m (45 ft 7½ in)
  • At 67° wing position: 8.60 m (28 ft 2½ in)
• Height: 5.95 m (19 ft 6½ in)
• Wing area: 26.60 m² (286.3 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 14,500 kg (31,970 lb)
• Max. takeoff weight: 27,986 kg (61,700 lb)
• Powerplant: 2 × Turbo-Union RB199-34R Augmented Turbofan
  • Dry thrust: 40.5 kN (9,100 lbf) each
  • Thrust with afterburner: 73.5 kN (16,520 lbf) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 1,480 km/h (800 knots, 920 mph) IAS (Mach 2.2 at altitude)
• Combat radius: more than 1,853 km (1000 nmi, 1,151 mi) (subsonic), more than 556 km (300 nmi, 345 mi) supersonic
• Ferry range: 4,265 km (2,300 nmi, 2,650 mi) with four external tanks
• Endurance: 2 hr combat air patrol at 560–740 km (300–400 nmi, 345–460 mi) from base
• Service ceiling: 15,240 m (50,000 ft)

Armament

• Guns: 1× 27 mm (1.063 in) Mauser BK-27 revolver cannon with 180 rounds (internally mounted under starboard side of fuselage, versus 2× BK-27 mounted on Panavia Tornado IDS)
• Hardpoints: 10 total (4× semi-recessed under-fuselage, 2× under-fuselage, 4× swivelling under-wing) holding up to 9000 kg (19,800 lb) of payload, the two inner wing pylons have shoulder launch rails for 2× Short-Range AAM (SRAAM) each
• Missiles:
  
  • 4× AIM-9 Sidewinder or AIM-132 ASRAAM
  • 4× British Aerospace Skyflash or AIM-120 AMRAAM (mounted on 4 semi-recessed under-fuselage hardpoints)
• Others:
  • Up to 2× drop tanks for extended range/loitering time. Up to 4 drop tanks for ferry role (at the expense of 4 Skyflash/AMRAAM).

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