AIRCRAFT “Airbus - A300-ST beluga”
REFERENCE
INFORMATION (by Aircraft performance database)
*****Aircraft Features*****
Wing
position: Low wing
Engine
position: Underwing mounted
Tail
configuration: Double fin, low set
Landing
gear: Tricycle retractable
Wing
Span:
Length:
Height:
Power
plant: 2 x 262 kN GE CF6- 80C2A8 turbofans.
Accommodation:
Flightcrew of two.
Notes: Oversized freighter development based
on A300-600 fuselage.
In service since 1996. The Beluga (also known
as the A300-600ST
Super Transporter) was developed to carry
complete sections of Airbus aircraft from different production sites around
Europe to the final assembly lines in Toulouse or Hamburg. Its main-deck cargo
volume is greater than the C5 Galaxy, the An-124 or the C-17 airlifters.
Operated by Airbus Transport International
(ATI).
Alternative names:
Super Transporter,
Beluga.
*****Total Flight Simulator aircraft weight
with full fuel*****
VMO - Maximum Operating Speed 400 KIAS
MMO -
Maximum Operating Speed Mach 0.69 Mach
Turbulent
Air Penetration Speed 000 KIAS/.00 Mach
VLO -
Maximum Gear Operating Speed 000 KIAS
VLE -
Maximum Landing Gear Extension Speed
000 KIAS/.00 Mach
*****Maximum Flap Placard Speeds*****
Flaps
degrees KIAS
1 000
2 000
5 000
10 000
15 000
25 000
30 000
40 000
*****Take-off*****
WTC: H
Distance: 1950 mt
V2
(IAS): nd kts
*****Climbing*****
-(to
IAS: 180 kt
ROC: 1200 ft/min
-(to
FL150)
IAS: 250 kt
ROC: 1500 ft/min
-(to
FL240)
IAS: 250 kt
ROC: 1600 ft/min
-(mach)
Mach: 0.68
ROC: 500 ft/min
*****Cruise*****
TAS: 400 kt
MACH: 0.69
Ceiling: FL310
Range: 2500 NM
*****Descent *****
- (to
FL240)
Mach: 0.68
ROD: 1500 ft/min
- (to
FL100)
IAS: 290 kt
ROD: 1500 ft/min
*****Approach*****
IAS: 240 kt
MCS: 210 kt
ROD: 1000 ft/min
*****Landing*****
Vht
(IAS): 140 kt
APC: C
Distance: 1176 mt