General characteristics - A400M - Crew: 3-4 (2 pilots, 3rd optional, 1 loadmaster)
- Capacity: 37,000 kg (82,000 lb), 116 fully equipped troops / paratroops, up to 66 stretchers accompanied by 25 medical personnel
- Length: 43.8 m (143 ft 8 in)
- Wingspan: 42.4 m (139 ft 1 in)
- Height: 14.6 m (47 ft 11 in)
- Empty weight: 70 tonnes (154,000 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 130 tonnes (287,000 lb)
- Total Internal Fuel: 46.7 tonnes (103,000 lb)
- Max. Landing Weight: 114 tonnes (251,000 lb)
- Max. Payload: 37 tonnes (82,000 lb))
Performance - Initial Cruise Altitude: at MTOW: 9,000 m (29,000 ft)
- Range: at Max. payload: 3,300 km (1,782 nmi) (long range cruise speed; reserves as per MIL-C-5011A)
- Range at 30-tonne payload: 4,800 km (2,592 nmi)
- Range at 20-tonne payload: 6,950 km (3,753 nmi))
- Ferry range: 9,300 km (5,022 nmi)
- Service ceiling 11,300 m (37,000 ft)
- Tactical Takeoff Distance: 940 m (3 080 ft) (aircraft weight 100 tonnes, soft field, ISA, sea level)
- Tactical Landing Distance: 625 m (2 050 ft) (see above)
- Turning Radius (Ground): 28.6 m
I have a manufacturers brochure for The Blackburn B107 (Beverley development stage 3) which fell foul of Duncan Sandys in 1957. This is what Blackburns were claiming for it.
Crew: Six, 2 x pilots, Navigator, Flight Engineer, Signaller, Air Loadmaster.
Capacity 53 000 lb. 124 to 148 passengers (192 in high density), 100 paratroops, 2 x HSP.
Length 120 ft span 166 ft height over fin 31 ft 6in
Basic operationally equiped weight 85 500 lb
Design all-up-weight 167 500 lb
Maximum payload 53 000 lb
Maximum fuel 69 980 lb
Powerplant 4 Rolls Royce Tyne stage 2
4 x 16 ft dia 4 blade de Haviland propellors
Range at max payload 1600 miles
max rage with full fuel 4200 miles
Balance field length (167 500 lb AUW) 4540 yds
Landing distance from 50 ft (145 000lb) 1000 yds
Cruise performance at ISA - 150 000 lb mean weight
Max speed 325 kt at 22 000 ft
Ceiling 34 500 ft
Notice the description (Beverley developent stage 3), what the B107 would have been was a Beverley wing and tailplane mated to a new pressurised fuselage and four turoprop engines.
Of course the Belfast was similar originally a similar concept, being a new fuselage using the Britannia's and four Tynes, which is why in its early days it was called the Britannic.