Performance and Weight Studies for a Cargo Airplane and Electronic Warfare Trainer. Convair 990 Jet Transport
Abstract
The Convair 990 Jet Transport has been proposed, with modifications, as a cargo, troop transport, and air evacuation vehicle. Similarly, it has been proposed as an electronic warfare trainer (EWT). A brief summary is presented of the calculated airplane performance and weights for utilization of the 990 as both a basic cargo and a combination cargo and EWT vehicle. The cargo airplane weights reflect the addition of the cargo door and flooring to the existing airplane. Modifications to the cargo weight required for troop transport and air evacuation utilization are also shown. For the EWT version, weight for the electronic requirements is added to the basic cargo airplane. When the EWT airplane is to be flown in the troop-transport or the air-evacuation configuration, the EWT provisions may be removed from the cargo deck. Certain EWT cabling, generating equipment and antennas outside the cargo deck area remain on board. Performance figures are based on data generated by the current flight-test-airplane configuration and are preliminary.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1961
- Accession Number
- AD0265108
Entities
Organizations
- General Dynamics