Here we go. Got it. C130 not C133.
Will make some calculations for takeoff speed and
required accelerations.
Paul Lamar
http://aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu/specs/lockheed/ac-130e.htm

Good idea Paul, but I think that this one would work a tad better....

http://www.af.mil/news/factsheets/C_17_Globemaster_III.html

And it uses Pratt & Whitney engines...  ;-)

Blake

Perhaps. What is the takeoff speed? Gross weight? Wing span?

Paul Lamar

Charlie and Tupper England wrote:

Paul,

There was one at OSH this year (& most years).

Specs snipped from the web site:

Maximum payload capacity of the C-17 is 170,900 pounds
(77,519 kilograms), and its maximum gross takeoff weight is
585,000 pounds
(265,352 kilograms). With a payload of 160,000 pounds
(72,575 kilograms) and an initial cruise altitude of 28,000
feet (8,534 meters), , the
C-17 has an unrefueled range of approximately 2,400 nautical
miles. Its cruise speed is approximately 450 knots (.74
Mach). The C-17 is
designed to airdrop 102 paratroopers and equipment.

The design of the aircraft allows it to operate through
small, austere airfields. The C-17 can take off and land on
runways as short as 3,000 feet
(914 meters) and only 90 feet wide (27.4 meters). Even on
such narrow runways, the C-17 can turn around using a
three-point star turn and its
backing capability.

Global range with in-flight refueling.
end snips

A bit faster than a carrier, too.

Charlie England

I think it would be a bit too heavy for a carrier.
Also turbo props have much more low speed thrust.

Paul Lamar

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