DAS-20 Gargantua
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| DAS-20 Gargantua | |
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| Design details | |
| Type | Strike aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Detmerian Aerospace |
| Design No. | DAS-20 |
| Unit cost | B.1: $1768.35 million |
| Service dates | 2005-present |
| General characteristics | |
| Crew | 4 |
| Length | 54.61 m |
| Wingspan | 25.76 m (swept)–49.58 m (unswept) |
| Height | 8.27 m |
| Empty weight | 120255 kg |
| Payload | 16000 kg |
| MTOW | 230000 kg |
| Flight characteristics | |
| Engines | 4 × LAC ATG-25F2 |
| Speed | Mach 3+ |
| Manoeuvrability | g |
| Thrust loadings | Military: (cl.)–(max.) Reheat: (cl.)–(max.) Detonation: (cl.)–(max.) |
| Fuel fraction | 0.42 |
| Range | km |
| Ceiling | 33000+ m |
| Rate of climb | |
| Armament | |
| Internal | See Characteristics |
| External | See Characteristics |
| Operators | |
| Unknown | |
The DAS-20 Gargantua is an experimental high speed, high altitude heavy strike aircraft powered by hybrid turbofan-pulse detonation engines designed by Detmerian Aerospace Dynamics. It is unknown whether any production models of these aircraft ever entered operational service.
Characteristics
Crew: 4; pilot, co-pilot, and offensive and defensive measures operators (OMO and DMO)
Type: Strike aircraft
Dimensions
Wings: Type: variable geometry (aft-sweep); span: 49.58 m (unswept), 25.76 m (fully swept); wing area: 218.94 m2; aspect ratio: 11.23
Fuselage: Length: 54.61 m; height: 8.27 m
Weights: Airframe only: 106,150 kg; with engines: 120,255 kg; clean: 212,719 kg; operational: 228,181.6 kg; maximum take-off: 230,000 kg
Engines
Type: 4 × Lethe Aero-engines Corporation (LAC) ATG-25F2 hybrid turbofan/pulse detonation engines with two-dimensional thrust vectoring (deflagration phases only)
Dimensions: Outer diameter: 1.36 m; length: 7.13 m
Bypass ratio: 0.78
Weight: 3526.45 kg each
Thrust (static): Military (deflagration): 13500 kgf; detonation: 25000 kgf
Fuel
Capacity: 114,200 litres
Weight (JP5): 91360 kg
Fuel fraction: 0.42
Payload: 16000 kg
Bays/Hardpoints/Stations
Main weapons bay (12000 kg - usually two GWS.58A Hurricane air-to-surface missiles)
4 × smaller bays (1000 kg each - usually one GWS.84A Peregrine and one GDS.95 Firefly)
Performance (Projected)
Speed (maximum): tba
Cost
Airframe: $ 1698.27 million (with electronics, without engines)
Engines: $17.52 million each
Unit: $ 1768.35 million
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