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C17 Globemaster III
Specifications
General characteristics
- Crew: 3: 2 pilots, 1 loadmaster
- Capacity:
- 102 troops with standard centerline seats or
- 134 troops with palletized seats or
- 36 litter and 54 ambulatory patients or
- Cargo, such as an M1 Abrams tank
- Payload: 170,900 lb (77,519 kg) of cargo distributed at max over 18 463L master pallets or a mix of palletized cargo and vehicles
- Length: 174 ft (53 m)
- Wingspan: 169.8 ft (51.75 m)
- Height: 55.1 ft (16.8 m)
- Wing area: 3,800 ft² (353 m²)
- Empty weight: 282,500 lb (128,100 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 585,000 lb (265,350 kg)
- Powerplant: 4× Pratt & Whitney F117-PW-100 turbofans, 40,440 lbf (180 kN) each
- Fuel capacity: 35,546 US gal (134,556 L)
Performance
- Cruise speed: Mach 0.76 (450 knots, 515 mph, 830 km/h)
- Range: 2,420 nmi (2,785 mi, 4,482 km)
- Service ceiling: 45,000 ft (13,716 m)
- Max wing loading: 150 lb/ft² (750 kg/m²)
- Minimum thrust/weight: 0.277
- Runway requirement: 3,500 ft (1,064 m) long by 90 ft (27.4 m) wide
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