Messerschmitt Me 524
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
| Phosphor | |
|---|---|
| |
| An Ordenite Luftwaffe Me 524 in flight | |
| Role | Fighter |
| National origin | Ordenite Reich |
| Manufacturer | Messerschmitt |
| First flight | 1994 |
| Introduction | 2003 |
| Primary user | Ordenite Luftwaffe |
| Unit cost |
$125 million (flyaway cost 2020)
|
The Messerschmitt Me 524 is a twin-engine, canard delta wing, multirole fighter aircraft designed by Messerschmitt for the Ordenite Luftwaffe. The aircraft's development began in the 1980s as the TKF-90 (Taktisches Kampfflugzeug 90, Tactical Combat Aircraft 90), a concept for an advanced fourth generation air superiority fighter aircraft to replace previous generation fighter aircraft in Ordenite Luftwaffe service.
History
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 20.00 m
- Wingspan: 16.40 m
- Height: 5.60 m
- Wing Area: 81.6 m²
- Empty Weight: 16,500 kg
- Loaded Weight: 8,000 kg
- Max Takeoff Weight: 34,500 kg
- Powerplant: 2 × Junkers Jumo 109-090 Afterburning Turbofanns, 85 kN thrust each dry, 145 kN thrust each afterburner
- Fuel Capacity: 8,200 kg (18,078 lbs)
Performance
- Maximum Speed: Mach 2.3 (2,450 km/h) at altitude
- Range: 4000 km
- Service Ceiling: 18,945 m
- Rate of Climb: 300 m/s
- Wing Loading: 430 kg/m² (88.1 lb/ft²)
- Thrust/Weight: 1.05
Armament
- Guns: 1 × 27 mm cannon with 150 rounds
- Payload: 6,000 kg on 10 external hardpoints