Aermacchi MB-326 - Specifications (MB-326)

Specifications (MB-326)

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1969-70

General characteristics

• Crew: Two
• Payload: 1,814 kg (4,000 lb)
• Length: 10.65m (34 ft 11¼ in)
• Wingspan: 10.56 m (34 ft 8 in)
• Height: 3.72 m (12 ft 2½ in)
• Wing area: 19.0 m² (204.5 ft²)
• Empty weight: 2,237 kg (4,930 lb)
• Max. takeoff weight: 3,765 kg (8,300 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Bristol Siddeley Viper Mk.11 turbojet, 11.1 kN (2,500 lbf)

Performance

• Never exceed speed: Mach 0.8
• Maximum speed: 806 km/h (436 knots, 501 mph) at 4,575m (15,000 ft)
• Stall speed: 146 km/h (79 knots, 91 mph) (wheels and flaps lowered)
• Range: 1,665 km (900 Nmi, 1,035 miles) with large tip tanks at 11,500 m (38,000 ft)
• Service ceiling: 12,500 m (41,000 ft)
• Rate of climb: 22.3 m/s (4,400 ft/min)

Armament

• Guns: provision for 2 × 12.7 mm Browning machine guns in underwing pods
• Bombs: Up to 2000 lb (900 kg) of weapons on six hardpoints, including gun-pods, bombs, and rockets