Specifications (Harrier GR.3)
Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1988–89
General characteristics
- Crew: One
- Length: 46 ft 10 in (14.27 m)
- Wingspan: 25 ft 3 in (7.70 m)
- Height: 11 ft 11 in (3.63 m)
- Wing area: 201.1 ft² (18.68 m²)
- Empty weight: 13,535 lb (6,140 kg)
- Max. takeoff weight: 25,200 lb (11,430 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Rolls-Royce Pegasus 103 turbofan with four swivelling nozzles, 21,500 lbf (95.6 kN) Four vertical flight puffer jets use engine bleed air, mounted in the nose, wingtips, and tail.
Performance
- Maximum speed: 730 mph (635 knots, 1,176 km/h) at sea level
- Combat radius: 230 mi (200 nmi, 370 km) lo-lo-lo with 4,400 lb (2,000 kg) payload
- Ferry range: 2,129 mi (1,850 nmi, 3,425 km)
- Endurance: 1 hr 30 min (combat air patrol – 115 mi (185 km) from base)
- Service ceiling: 51,200 ft (15,600 m)
- Time to climb to 40,000 ft (12,200 m): 2 min 23 s
Armament
- Guns: 2× 30 mm (1.18 in) ADEN cannon pods under the fuselage
- Hardpoints: 4× under-wing & 1× under-fuselage pylon stations with a capacity of 5,000 lb (2,268 kg) and provisions to carry combinations of:
- Rockets: 4× Matra rocket pods with 18× SNEB 68 mm rockets each
- Missiles: 2× AIM-9 Sidewinders Air-to-air missiles
- Bombs: A variety of unguided iron bombs, BL755 cluster bombs or laser guided bombs
- Others:
- 1× Reconnaissance pod
- 2× drop tanks for extended range/loitering time
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