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Lockheed S-3 A Viking

106k SimpleFlow  8.3 years ago
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Hey everyone hope you enjoy this build... I built it in the airplane towards berlin so it might be a bit "shabby".

Controls:
AG1: Taxi lights
AG2: Navigation lights
AG3-AG4: Lauch ATGM'S

History:
The Lockheed S-3 Viking is a four-seat, twin-engine turbofan-powered jet aircraft that was used by the U.S. Navy to identify and track enemy submarines. In the late 1990s, the S-3B's mission focus shifted to surface warfare and aerial refueling. The Viking also prov... vided electronic warfareand surface surveillance capabilities to the carrier battle group. A carrier-based, subsonic, all-weather, multi-mission aircraft with long range; it carried automated weapon systems, and was capable of extended missions with in-flight refueling. Because of the Viking's engines’ low-pitched sound, it was nicknamed the "Hoover" after the vacuum cleanerbrand.
The S-3 was retired from front-line fleet service aboard aircraft carriers by the US Navy in January 2009, with its missions being assumed by other platforms such as the P-3C Orion, Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk, and Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. Several aircraft were flown by Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Thirty (VX-30) at Naval Base Ventura County / NAS Point Mugu, California for range clearance and surveillance operations[2] on the NAVAIR Point Mugu Range until 2016, and one S-3 is operated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) at the NASA Glenn Research Center.[1]



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General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Lockheed S-3 A Viking
  • Successors 3 airplane(s) +7 bonus
  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 49.2ft (15.0m)
  • Length 43.3ft (13.2m)
  • Height 18.5ft (5.7m)
  • Empty Weight 18,296lbs (8,299kg)
  • Loaded Weight 19,169lbs (8,694kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 7.034
  • Wing Loading 46.2lbs/ft2 (225.7kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 414.7ft2 (38.5m2)
  • Drag Points 12689

Parts

  • Number of Parts 190
  • Control Surfaces 9
  • Performance Cost 742