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==Specifications (C-130H)== [[File:Lockheed C-130H Hercules Line Drawing.svg|thumb]] [[File:C-130 Hercules cockpit hg.jpg|thumb|C-130H Hercules flight deck]] [[File:C-130 Hercules 10.jpg|thumb|A Hercules deploying flares, sometimes referred to as ''Angel Flares'' due to the characteristic pattern]] [[File:Lockheed Hercules interior.jpg|thumb|Cargo compartment of a Swedish Air Force C-130]] {{Aircraft specs |ref= USAF C-130 Hercules fact sheet,<ref name="airforcefactsheet">{{cite web |title=C-130 Hercules |url=https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/104517/c-130-hercules/ |year=2003 |edition=May 2014 |publisher= United States Air Force |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140914210641/http://www.af.mil/AboutUs/FactSheets/Display/tabid/224/Article/104517/c-130-hercules.aspx |archive-date=14 September 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> ''International Directory of Military Aircraft'',<ref name="Frawley Military">Frawley 2002, p. 108.</ref> ''Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft'',<ref name= Donald>Donald 1997</ref> and ''Encyclopedia of Modern Military Aircraft''.<ref name=Eden>Eden 2004</ref> |prime units?=kts <!-- General characteristics --> |crew=5 (2 pilots, [[CSO/navigator]], [[flight engineer]] and [[loadmaster]]) |capacity={{cvt|42000|lb}} payload ** C-130E/H/J cargo hold: length, {{convert|40|ft|m|2|abbr=on}}; width, {{convert|9|ft|11|in|m|2|abbr=on}}; height, {{convert|9|ft|m|2|abbr=on}}. Rear ramp: length, {{convert|123|in|m|2|abbr=on}}; width, {{convert|119|in|m|2|abbr=on}} ** C-130J-30 cargo hold: length, {{convert|55|ft|m|2|abbr=on}}; width, {{convert|9|ft|11|in|m|2|abbr=on}}; height, {{convert|9|ft|m|2|abbr=on}}. Rear ramp: length, {{convert|123|in|m|2}}; width, {{convert|119|in|m|2|abbr=on}} ** 92 [[passengers]] ''or'' ** 64 [[airborne troops]] ''or'' ** 74 litter patients with 5 medical crew ''or'' ** 6 pallets ''or'' ** 2β3 [[Humvee]]s ''or'' ** 2 [[M113 armored personnel carrier]]s ** 1 [[CAESAR self-propelled howitzer]] |length ft=97 |length in=9 |length note= |span ft=132 |span in=7 |span note= |height ft=38 |height in=3 |height note= |wing area sqft=1745 |wing area note= |aspect ratio=<!-- sailplanes --> |airfoil='''root:''' [[NACA airfoil|NACA 64A318]]; '''tip:''' [[NACA airfoil|NACA 64A412]]<ref name="Selig">{{Cite web |last1=Lednicer |first1=David |title=The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage |url=https://m-selig.ae.illinois.edu/ads/aircraft.html |publisher=UIUC Applied Aerodynamics Group, University of Illinois |date=15 September 2010|access-date=16 April 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190326174850/https://m-selig.ae.illinois.edu/ads/aircraft.html |archive-date=26 March 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> |empty weight lb=75800 |empty weight note= |gross weight lb= |gross weight note= |max takeoff weight lb=155000 |max takeoff weight note= |fuel capacity= |more general= <!-- Powerplant --> |eng1 number=4 |eng1 name=[[Allison T56]]-A-15 |eng1 type=[[turboprop]] engines |eng1 kw=<!-- prop engines --> |eng1 hp=<!-- prop engines --> |eng1 shp=4590 |prop blade number=4 |prop name=[[Hamilton Standard]] 54H60 constant-speed fully feathering reversible propellers |prop dia m=<!-- propeller aircraft --> |prop dia ft=13 |prop dia in=6 |prop dia note=<ref name="Lockheed Service News">{{Cite journal |title=The 54H60 Propeller |journal=Lockheed Martin Service News |year=1999 |last=Webb |first=L. R. |volume=26 |issue=3 |pages=4β5 |access-date=13 August 2019 |url=https://www.lockheedmartin.com/content/dam/lockheed-martin/aero/documents/sustainment/csc/service-news/sn-mag-v21-v30/v26n3.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813224721/https://www.lockheedmartin.com/content/dam/lockheed-martin/aero/documents/sustainment/csc/service-news/sn-mag-v21-v30/v26n3.pdf |archive-date=2019-08-13 |url-status=live}}</ref> <!-- Performance --> |max speed kts=320 |max speed note=at {{cvt|20000|ft}} |max speed mach=<!-- supersonic aircraft --> |cruise speed kts=292 |cruise speed note= |stall speed kts= |stall speed note= |never exceed speed kts= |never exceed speed note= |minimum control speed kts= |minimum control speed note= |range nmi=2050 |range note= |combat range nmi= |combat range note= |ferry range nmi=3995 |ferry range note= |endurance=<!-- if range unknown --> |ceiling ft=33000 |ceiling note= empty<ref name="aerospceweb">{{cite web |title=Lockheed C-130 Hercules Heavy Transport |url=http://www.aerospaceweb.org/aircraft/transport-m/c130/ |publisher=aerospaceweb.org |access-date=29 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109145041/http://www.aerospaceweb.org/aircraft/transport-m/c130/ |archive-date=9 January 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> ::::{{cvt|23000|ft}} with {{cvt|42000|lb}} payload |g limits=<!-- aerobatic --> |roll rate=<!-- aerobatic --> |glide ratio=<!-- sailplanes --> |climb rate ftmin=1830 |climb rate note= |time to altitude= |sink rate ftmin=<!-- sailplanes --> |sink rate note= |lift to drag= |wing loading lb/sqft= |wing loading note= |disk loading lb/sqft= |disk loading note= |fuel consumption lb/mi= |power/mass= |thrust/weight= |more performance=*'''Takeoff distance:''' {{cvt|3586|ft|0}} at {{cvt|155000|lb|0}} max gross weight;<ref name=Eden/> ::::{{cvt|1400|ft|0}} at {{cvt|80000|lb|0}} gross weight<ref name="uscost.netarchived">{{cite web |title=Aircraft Characteristics: C-130 Hercules |url=http://www.uscost.net/aircraftcharacteristics/acc130.htm |publisher=uscost.net |access-date=29 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090727104754/http://www.uscost.net/aircraftcharacteristics/acc130.htm |archive-date=27 July 2009}}</ref> |avionics= * [[Westinghouse Electric (1886)|Westinghouse Electronic Systems]] [[List of radars#AN/APN Series|AN/APN-241 weather and navigational radar]]<ref name="elecsyssect">{{cite web |title=AN/APN-241 Color Weather/Navigation Radar with Prediction Windshear Detection |url=http://www.es.northropgrumman.com/solutions/apn241/index.html |publisher=Electronic systems sector, Northrop Grumman |access-date=29 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080321234418/http://www.es.northropgrumman.com/solutions/apn241/index.html |archive-date=21 March 2008}}</ref> }}
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