MC-53 Seraph

• Crew: 7 (two pilots, navigator,  two load masters, flight engineer, electronic warfare officer)
• Capacity:
  
  • Length: 48 feet (14.6 meters); width, 12 feet (3.6meters); height, 10 feet (3.05 meters). Rear ramp: length, 11.5 feet (3.5 meters); width, 11.5 feet (3.5 meters)
  • 96 passengers or
  • 66 airborne troops or
  • 76 litter patients with 5 medical crew or
  • 6 pallets
  • 2-3 Vehicles
    
• Payload: 50,100 lb (22724 kg)
• Length: 99 ft 2 in (30.2 m)
• Wingspan: 137 ft (41.8 m)
• Wing Configuration: Shoulder, Straight, High-Aspect Ratio, Tapered, Dihedral
• Rear Stabilizer Configuration: V-Tail
• Height: 40 ft (12.2 m)
• Empty Weight: 77,000 lb (34,926 kg)
• Max Takeoff Weight: 162,000 lb (73,481 kg)
• Powerplant: 4 × Asimov TP-49 Turboprops, 5,020 shp (3,689 kW) each
• Propellers: 4 propeller, 8 bladed
  • Propeller diameter: 13.6 ft (4.1 m)

• Anti-Missile:
• Flares
  
• Chaff
  
• (20) Shrike Active Seeking Mini-Counter-Missiles
  

Performance

• Maximum Speed: 330 knots (380 mph, 611 km/h) at 20,000 ft (6,060 m)
• Cruise Speed: 300 kts (345 mph, 556 km/h)
• Range: 2,450 nmi (2,819 mi, 4,537 km)
• Service Cieling: 34,000 ft (10,363 m) empty; 23,000 ft (7,077 m) with 50,100 pounds (19,090 kilograms)
  
• Minimum Operating Altitude, Adverse Weather: 245 feet
• Rate of Climb: 1,850 ft/min (564 m/min)
• Takeoff distance: 3,400 ft (1,036 m) at 162,000 lb max gross weight; 1,200 ft (366 m) at 81,000 lb (36,741 kg) gross

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