Cessna 404 Titan
Titan | |
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1977 model Cessna 404 Titan II | |
Role | Light passenger/cargo aircraft |
Manufacturer | Cessna |
First flight | 26 February 1975 |
Introduction | 1976 |
Status | in use |
Produced | 1976-1982 |
Number built | 396 |
Developed from | Cessna 402 |
Variants | Cessna 441 |
The Cessna Model 404 Titan is an American twin-engined, propeller-driven light aircraft built by Cessna Aircraft. It was that company's largest twin piston-engined aircraft at the time of its development in the 1970s. Its US military designation is C-28, and Swedish Air Force designation Tp 87.[1]
History
The Cessna 404 was a development of the Cessna 402 with an enlarged vertical tail and other changes. The prototype first flew on 26 February 1975. It is powered by two 375 hp/280 kW turbocharged Continental Motors GTSIO-520 piston engines. Two versions were offered originally; the Titan Ambassador passenger aircraft for ten passengers, and the Titan Courier utility aircraft for passengers or cargo. By early 1982 seven different variants were available, including a pure cargo version, the Titan Freighter. The Freighter was fitted with a strengthened floor, cargo doors, and its interior walls and ceiling were made from impact-resistant polycarbonate materials to minimize damage in the event of cargo breaking free in-flight.
Variants
- Titan Ambassador - Basic 10-seat passenger aircraft.
- Titan Ambassador II - Ambassador with factory fitted avionics.
- Titan Ambassador III - Ambassador with factory fitted avionics.
- Titan Courier - Convertible passenger/cargo version.
- Titan Courier II - Courier with factory fitted avionics.
- Titan Freighter - Cargo version.
- Titan Freighter II - Freighter with factory fitted avionics.
- C-28A Titan - Designation given to two aircraft purchased by the United States Navy.[2]
Operators
Military operators
- Colombian Air Force - 2 used by SATENA.[3]
- Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force - 1 acquired 1979.[4]
- United States Navy (as the C-28A)
- Puerto Rico Police Department Two C404
Specifications (Ambassador I)
Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1980–81[6]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Capacity: 6–8 passengers
- Length: 39 ft 6 1⁄4 in (12.046 m)
- Wingspan: 46 ft 8 1⁄4 in (14.230 m)
- Height: 13 ft 3 in (4.04 m)
- Wing area: 242.0 sq ft (22.48 m2)
- Aspect ratio: 9.0:1
- Empty weight: 4,816 lb (2,185 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 8,400 lb (3,810 kg)
- Fuel capacity: 340 US gal (280 imp gal; 1,300 L)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 267 mph; 430 km/h (232 kn) at 16,000 ft (4,900 m)
- Cruise speed: 188 mph; 302 km/h (163 kn) (econ cruise) at 20,000 ft (6,100 m)
- Stall speed: 81 mph; 130 km/h (70 kn) flaps down, power off
- Never exceed speed: 274 mph; 441 km/h (238 kn) (Calibrated airspeed)
- Range: 2,117 mi; 3,408 km (1,840 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 26,000 ft (7,900 m)
- Rate of climb: 1,575 ft/min (8.00 m/s)
- Take-off run to 50 ft (15 m): 2,367 ft (721 m)
- Landing run from 50 ft (15 m): 2,130 ft (650 m)
See also
Related development
References
- ↑ Urban Fredriksson (October 4, 2006). "Swedish Military Aircraft Designations". Retrieved September 26, 2012.
- ↑ Johnson, E.R. (2013). American Military Transport Aircraft Since 1925. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. p. 375. ISBN 978-0786462698.
- ↑ Gaines Flight International 6 November 1982, p. 1386.
- ↑ Air International April 1986, p. 170.
- ↑ Gaines Flight International 6 November 1982, p. 1374.
- ↑ Taylor 1980, pp. 326–327
- "Always Ready: Hong Kong's Auxiliaries". Air International. Vol. 30 no. 4. April 1986. pp. 168–171, 174.
- Gaines, Mike (6 November 1982). "World's Air Forces 1982". Flight International. Vol. 122 no. 3835. pp. 1327–1388.
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.
- Simpson, R.W. (1991). Airlife's General Aviation. Shrewsbury, England: Airlife Publishing. ISBN 1-85310-194-X.
- Taylor, John W. R., ed. (1980). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1980–81. London: Jane's Publishing Company. ISBN 0-7106-0705-9.
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