Showing posts with label Lockheed Model 12 Electra Junior. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lockheed Model 12 Electra Junior. Show all posts

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Lockheed Model 12 Electra Junior

It is also known as Lockheed 12 or L-12. It is an eight-seat, six-passenger all-metal twin-engine transport aircraft .




General characteristics

* Crew: two, pilot and co-pilot
* Capacity: six passengers
* Length: 36 ft 4 in (11.07 m)
* Wingspan: 49 ft 6 in (15.09 m)
* Height: 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m)
* Wing area: 352 ft² (32.7 m²)
* Empty weight: 5,765 lb (2,615 kg)
* Loaded weight: 8,650 lb (3,924 kg)
* Max takeoff weight: 9,200 lb (4,173 kg)
* Powerplant: 2× Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior SB radial engines, 450 hp (336 kW) each
* Propellers: Two-bladed Hamilton Standard controllable-pitch or constant-speed propeller, 1 per engine
o Propeller diameter: 8.5 to 9 ft (2.6 to 2.75 m)

Performance

* Maximum speed: 225 mph (362 km/h, 196 kn) at 5,000 feet (1,500 m)
* Range: 800 mi (1,300 km, 700 nmi)
* Service ceiling: 22,900 ft (6,980 m)
* Rate of climb: 1,140 ft/min (427 m/min)
* Wing loading: 25 lb/ft² (120 kg/m²)
* Power/mass: 0.10 hp/lb (0.17 kW/kg)