C-130J Hercules undergoes new test 
11/7/2005 - LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. (AFPN) -- As part of the second phase of the C-130J Hercules qualification test and evaluation, the aircraft will fly airdrop and formation-drop operations later this month.
The aircraft from here will take part in an exercise at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, La., from Nov. 13 to 17. The evaluation will test the aircraft's warfighting capabilities.
"The JRTC exercise is the graduation exercise for the airplane-high mobility operations, 24-hour surge operations and interoperability with the Army equipment and personnel generated from Little Rock," said Lt. Col. Mike Brignola, who will conduct the evaluation.
The colonel is chief of global mobility test division at the Air Force Operation Test and Evaluation Center at Edward Air Force Base, Calif. He said the C-130J will become a fully operationally capable airframe when it successful completes the test.
"This is another step toward the goal of arming our warfighters with the unmatched capability of the C-130J," Colonel Brignola said. "We do a soup-to-nuts evaluation, write a report on it and (Air Mobility Command) releases the capabilities that tested successfully."
The testing includes a main operating base phase made up of local training scenarios, tactical missions and sorties with other C-130 airframes. The final part of the evaluation includes a deployment to Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, for cold-weather testing.
The 48th Airlift Squadron here is the lead unit for the test, providing planes and people. The squadron will continue training C-130J aircrews during testing.
"We're doing two totally separate roles out of this squadron," said Maj. Dave Flynn, the squadron’s qualification, operations, test and evaluation commander. "While we're performing the OTE we're also flying with new students who are coming through to get qualified on the C-130J."
Phase one of the qualification, operations, test and evaluation began in 1999.
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Relativamente ao C-130E e C-130H, os novos C-130 J têm uma autonomia de voo aumentada em 40%, um tecto de serviço superior em 35% podendo alcançar os 28.000 pés em menos de 15 minutos, e uma velocidade 20% superior.
Só para a Força Aérea dos EUA (que actualmente possui uma força de 700 unidades de C-130 nas versões E e H) estão encomendadas à
Lockeed 168 aparelhos desta nova versão do Hercules, para além de outras encomendas para a
US Coast Guard e para outros países.
Haverão versão curta e longa:
Quadro Comparativo:
C-130E/H/J C-130J-30 Increase
Cargo Floor Length 40 ft 55 ft 37%
463L Pallets 5 7 40%
Medical Litters 74 97 31%
CDS Bundles 16 24 50%
Combat Troops 92 128 39%
Paratroopers 64 92 44%
External Dimensions Wing Span 132.6 ft / 40.41 m
Wing Aspect Ratio 10.1
Length (Overall) 97.75 ft / 29.79 m
Height (Overall) 38.8 ft / 11.84 m
Tailplane Span 52.7 ft / 16.05 m
Wheel Track 14.25 ft / 4.34 m
Propeller Diameter 13.5 ft / 4.11 m
Wing Area (gross) 1,745 sq. ft / 162.12 sq. m
Internal Dimensions Cabin Length (excluding ramp) 40 ft / 12.19 m
Cabin Length (including ramp) 50.7 ft / 15.44 m
Max. Width 10.25 ft / 3.12 m
Max. Height 9 ft / 2.74 m
Total useable volume 4,551 cubic ft / 128.9 cubic m
Weights and loadings Operating Empty Weight 75,562 lbs / 34,274 kg
Max. Fuel Weight (internal) 45,900 lbs / 20,519 kg
Max. Payload, 2.5 g 41,790 lbs / 18,955 kg
Max. Normal Takeoff Weight 155,000 lbs / 70,305 kg
Max. Overload Takeoff Weight 175,000 lbs / 79,380 kg
Max. Normal Landing Weight 130,000 lbs / 58,965 kg
Max. Overload Landing Weight 155,000 lbs / 70,305 kg
Max Zero-Fuel Weight, 2.5 g 117,350 lbs / 53,230 kg
Max. Wing Loading (normal) 88.83 lb/sq ft / 433.7 kg/sq m
Max. Power Loading (normal) 8.44 lbs/shp / 5.14 kg/kW
Performance (at max normal takeoff weight, unless indicated otherwise) Max. Cruising Speed 348 kts / 645 km/h
Economy Cruising Speed 339 kts / 628 km/h
Stalling Speed 100 kts / 185 km/h
Max. Rate of Climb at Sea Level 2,100 ft/min / 640 m/min
Time to 6,100 m 12 min
Cruising Altitude 28,000 ft / 8,535 m
Service Ceiling at 66,680 kg AUW 30,560 ft / 9,315 m
Service Ceiling, OEI, at 66,680 kg AUW 22,820 ft / 6,955 m
Takeoff Run 3,290 ft / 1,003 m
Takeoff Run to 15 m 4,700 ft / 1,433 m
Takeoff Run using max. effort procedures 1,800 ft / 549 m
Landing from 15 m at 58,967 kg AUW 2,550 ft / 777 m
Landing Run at 58,967 kg AUW 1,400 ft / 427 m
Runway LCN: asphalt 37
Runway LCN: concrete 42
Range with 18,144 kg payload and MIL-C-5011A reserves 2,835 nm / 5,250 km
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