United States
(OPERATORS list includes past, present, and future operators when applicable)
MARITIME / NAVY
Land-based or shipborne capability for operating over-water in various maritime-related roles while supported by allied naval surface elements.
INTELLIGENCE-SURVEILLANCE-RECONNAISSANCE
Surveil ground targets / target areas to assess environmental threat levels, enemy strength, or enemy movement.
UNMANNED
Aircraft inherently designed (or later developed) with an unmanned capability to cover a variety of over-battlefield roles.
Width/Span
27.6 ft
(8.40 m)
Empty Wgt
2,072 lb
(940 kg)
Wgt Diff
+1,080 lb
(+490 kg)
(Showcased structural values pertain to the Northrop Grumman MQ-8B Sea Scout production variant)
Installed:
1 x Rolls-Royce 250-C20 engine developing 420 horsepower driving a four-bladed main rotor and two-bladed tail rotor.
Max Speed
132 mph
(213 kph | 115 kts)
Ceiling
20,013 ft
(6,100 m | 4 mi)
Range
932 mi
(1,500 km | 810 nm)
♦ MACH Regime (Sonic)
Sub
Trans
Super
Hyper
HiHyper
ReEntry
RANGES (MPH) Subsonic: <614mph | Transonic: 614-921 | Supersonic: 921-3836 | Hypersonic: 3836-7673 | Hi-Hypersonic: 7673-19180 | Reentry: >19030
(Showcased performance specifications pertain to the Northrop Grumman MQ-8B Sea Scout production variant. Performance specifications showcased above are subject to environmental factors as well as aircraft configuration. Estimates are made when Real Data not available. Compare this aircraft entry against any other in our database or View aircraft by powerplant type)
OPTIONAL, PROPOSED (MQ-8B Model):
"Hellfire" Anti-Tank Guided-Missiles (ATGMs), "Viper" Strike laser-guided drop bombs, Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKW) , Laser-Guided Folding Fin Rocket (FFR) rocket pods, machine gun pods, and cannon pods.
Up to 600lb of externally-held payload or ordnance.
(Not all ordnance types may be represented in the showcase above)
Values are derrived from a variety of categories related to the design, overall function, and historical influence of this aircraft in aviation history.
The overall rating takes into account over 60 individual factors related to this aircraft entry.
Rating is out of a possible 100 points.
This entry's maximum listed speed (132mph).
Graph average of 113 miles-per-hour.
Operational range when compared to distances between major cities (in KM).
Max Altitude Visualization
The three qualities reflected above are altitude, speed, and range.
Showcasing era cross-over of this aircraft design.
Compared against Ilyushin IL-2 (military) and Cessna 172 (civilian).
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