tek@CS.UCLA.EDU (11/29/90)
From: tek@CS.UCLA.EDU
Does anyone have information about the Britten-Norman Defender
aircraft, especially the BN-42B/T Maritime Defender variant used by
the Indian Navy?
I am particularly interested in performance figures (speed, altitude,
range, etc.).
-ted
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From: megazone@wpi.WPI.EDU (MEGAZONE 23) In article <1990Nov29.001959.18164@cbnews.att.com> tek@CS.UCLA.EDU writes: >Does anyone have information about the Britten-Norman Defender >aircraft, especially the BN-42B/T Maritime Defender variant used by >the Indian Navy? >I am particularly interested in performance figures (speed, altitude, >range, etc.) Info from: The Encyclopedia of World Air Power Consultabt Editor Bill Gunston published by Cresent Books, New York 9th edition 1984 The Defender is basicly an Islander in military garb. page 130 Type: general-purpose light transport capable of carrying (Defender) light pod-mounted armaments or (Maritime Defender) optional nose search radar Powerplant: (standard) two 260-hp (194-kW) Lycoming O-540-E4C5 flat-six piston engines; optional 300-hp (224-kW) Lycoming IO-540-K1B5s Performance: (at maximum take-off weight) maximumu level speed (clean) 176 mph (283 km/h), (loaded pylons) 168 mph (270 km/h); maximum range with full payload (clean) 418 miles (672 km), (loaded pylons) 375 miles (603 km) Weights: empty 3,708 lb (1682 kg); maximum take-off 6,600 lb (2993 kg); maximum landing 6,300 lb (2855 kg); maximum zero fuel 6,200 (2810 kg) Dimensions: span 53 ft (16.15 m); length (Defender) 35 ft 8 in (10.86 m); length (Defender Maritime) 36 ft 4 in (11.07 m); height 13 ft 9 in (4.18 m); wing area (standard) 325 sq ft (30.19 m^2) Armament: Four NATO standard wing pylons capable of accepting twin 7.62-mm (0.3-in) machine-gun pods, 250-lb (113-kg) or 500-lb (227-kg) general- purpose bombs, Matra rocket packs, wire-guided missiles, SURA rocket packs, reconnaissance flares, grenades, smoke bombs, markers, or drop tanks. Operators: Abu Dhabi, Belguim, Botswana, Ghana, Guyana, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Jamaica, Malagasy, Mauritania, Oman, Mexico, Malawi, Panama, Philippines, Qatar, Rhodesia, Rwanda, Venezuela. Government operators include Brazil, Egypt, Lesotho, Liberia, Nigeria, Thailand, Turkey, Zaire, and Zambia. All of this info is circa 1984 and may have changed since then. Hope it helps. ############################################################################### # "Calling Garland operator 7G," EVE Email megazone@wpi.wpi.edu # # MEGAZONE, aka DAYTONA, aka BRIAN BIKOWICZ Bitnet Use a gateway. Sorry. # ###############################################################################