Talk:Lockheed L-100 Hercules

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Merge?[edit]

Merge this with the Lockheed C-130 article. It is after all the same aircraft. Roger 12:47, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Specifications[edit]

I believe its a mistake to base the L100 specs on the C130H. AFAIK L100 production was over and done with well before the C130H was developed. The first model L100 was in fact basically the C130E minus millitary bells & whistles. Two subsequend stretches resulted in the -20 and -30 subtypes with the original model sometimes retroactively called the -10. I found this page of specs for the L100-30 (the most built subtype) on Safair's website: http://www.safair.co.za/index.php?option=3&id=1&com_id=61&parent_id=48&com_task=1 They will have to be reformatted to fit the way its presented here. Unfortunately I don't have time to do it right now. Roger (talk) 17:35, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Was not a mistake. The C-130H specs were copied straight from the C-130 article. They need to be updated. The Airliners.net (originally from Frawley's Civil Aircraft Directory) page has basic specs. -Fnlayson (talk) 17:59, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What I mean by "mistake" is that the L100 is not the same as the C130H, it is in fact based on the C130E. Anyway the cite I provided has the actual specs for the L100-30. Roger (talk) 18:38, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You're right to use the C130H stats to fill in "gaps". I've just found out that the L100-30 fuselage stretch from the original L100 is the same as the C130H's stretch from the C130E. Safair gives a different empty weight 34 545kg (76 000lbs) for the L100-30 (probably reflecting civilian equipment fit versus military). Safair page also gives a MTOW take-off distance (1300m at sea level) and landing distances at various altitudes at maximum landing weight (135 000 lbs / 61 235kg): Sea Level - 4 800 ft; 1 000 ft - 5 000 ft; 2 000 ft - 5 200 ft; 3 000 ft - 5 300 ft; 4 000 ft - 5 500 ft; 5 000 ft - 5 700 ft. Roger (talk) 19:40, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Jeff, thanks for updating the specs. I wasn't able to do that after adding them because of some persoal issues I had to take care of. - BilCat (talk) 03:20, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]