Proteus 281
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Basics
- An aircraft by Scaled Composites
- It uses tandem wings, and is thus highly efficient
- The Data below is from from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2003–2004 (and was sourced from wikipedia)
General characteristics
- Crew: Two (pilot and co-pilot)
- Length: 56 ft 4 in (17.17 m)
- Wingspan: 77 ft 7 in (23.65 m)
- Height: 17 ft 8 in (5.38 m)
- Wing area: 300.5 sq ft (27.92 m2)
- Empty weight: 5,860 lb (2,658 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 12,500 lb (5,670 kg)
- Powerplant: 2 × Williams FJ44-2 turbofans, 2,293 lbf (10.20 kN) thrust each
- Maximum speed: 313 mph (504 km/h, 272 kn)
- Cruise speed: 219 mph (352 km/h, 190 kn) at 20000 ft
- Endurance: 14 hours at 1,150 miles (1,850 km) from base
- Service ceiling: 61,000 ft (19,000 m) mid-mission altitude
- Rate of climb: 3,400 ft/min (17 m/s)
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