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Cotland	Posted: Aug 30 2008, 07:22 PM
82% Armaments Designer Group: Members Posts: 1,640 Member No.: 11 Joined: 10-April 07	COT.31 Kondor The COT.31 Kondor is a strategic transport aircraft that is currently serving as the principal strategic transport aircraft in the Royal Cottish Air Force's transport fleet. With almost nine thousand airframes delivered to the Royal Cottish Air Force over the past nine years, the Kondor has proven itself to be a dependable and maintenance-friendly aircraft capable of hauling large loads over great distances. The Kondor was based on the highly successful An-124 Ruslan, and has borrowed several design features from the An-124 such as the ability to land on improvised and uneven landing strips and landing strips made of grass. With final delivery to the Royal Cottish Military now being complete (including one extra aircraft ordered to replace the one shot down by Kahanistan last year), the COT.31 Kondor has now been released for general export. General Characteristics Crew: 6 (pilot, co-pilot, navigator, 3x crew chiefs) Passenger: Up to 88 in upper rear passenger compartment + up to 180 paratroopers/60 litters and 20 medics in cargo hold Length: 69 meters Wingspan: 73.3 meters Fuselage Height: 9.8 meters Fuselage Width: 9.4 meters Weight (Empty): 163 700 kg Weight (Loaded): 382 000 kg Weight (Max Take-Off): 405 000 kg Weight (Internal Fuel): 213 500 kg Power Plant: Four CotMotor CTFE-8F-2007 turbofans Thrust: 108 000 kg-f (1 059.12 kN) total Take-Off Run: 2 520 meters Landing Run: 1 900 meters Preformance Max Speed: 900 km/h (Mach 0.75) Combat Radius: 4 500 km Ferry Range: 16 500 km Service Ceiling: 12 000 meters Rate of Climb: 420 meters per minute Thrust/Weight Ratio: 0.66:1 (empty); 0.28:1 (standard load) 0.27:1 (max take-off) Max Cargo Payload: 180 000 kg (peacetime limit); 200 000 kg (max wartime limit, requires an additional 1 200 meter takeoff run) Other Avionics: Mk.557 Radar Warning Receiver, Mk.559 Laser Warning Receiver, StridsNett encrypted two-way data uplink, Mk.601 Infrared Jammer, Fly-by-Wire, TCAS, Mk.523 Weather Radar Chaff: 240 Flares: 240 Cost: $175 million Variants: X.31 Kondor - Prototype; COT.31A Kondor - Production model -------------------- A Furore Normannorum Libera Nos Domine -English Monk, ca 830 "It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed." -US Air Force Manual "Try to look unimportant; they may be low on ammo." -US Army Infantry Journal "Whoever does not miss the Soviet Union has no heart. Whoever wants it back has no brain." -Vladimir Putin

Cotland	Posted: Aug 31 2008, 03:28 PM
82% Armaments Designer Group: Members Posts: 1,640 Member No.: 11 Joined: 10-April 07	Fixed price. -------------------- A Furore Normannorum Libera Nos Domine -English Monk, ca 830 "It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed." -US Air Force Manual "Try to look unimportant; they may be low on ammo." -US Army Infantry Journal "Whoever does not miss the Soviet Union has no heart. Whoever wants it back has no brain." -Vladimir Putin

layarteb	Posted: Sep 3 2008, 05:37 AM
88% Armaments Designer Group: Members Posts: 1,765 Member No.: 42 Joined: 12-April 07	I heart this plane, especially since I use it to launch ICBMs . I mean what? -------------------- The Empire of Layarteb

layarteb	Posted: Oct 5 2008, 09:53 PM
88% Armaments Designer Group: Members Posts: 1,765 Member No.: 42 Joined: 12-April 07	I thought that the fuel capacity might be a little low and when I looked up the An-124 fuel capacity it is 213,714 kg, which is more adept rather than 38,300 kg. At that weight it is much less than the C-5 Galaxy, which has a capacity of 153,130 kg. -------------------- The Empire of Layarteb

Cotland	Posted: Oct 5 2008, 10:56 PM
82% Armaments Designer Group: Members Posts: 1,640 Member No.: 11 Joined: 10-April 07	OK I'll increase fuel capacity to 213 500 kg. Thanks for catching that. -------------------- A Furore Normannorum Libera Nos Domine -English Monk, ca 830 "It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed." -US Air Force Manual "Try to look unimportant; they may be low on ammo." -US Army Infantry Journal "Whoever does not miss the Soviet Union has no heart. Whoever wants it back has no brain." -Vladimir Putin

layarteb	Posted: Oct 5 2008, 11:43 PM
88% Armaments Designer Group: Members Posts: 1,765 Member No.: 42 Joined: 12-April 07	aye n/p if you go to the Orion you can find some more juicy details on the Kondor. -------------------- The Empire of Layarteb

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