Dassault Super Etendard
Dassault Super Etendard
Role:
Single-seat transonic carrier-based strike fighter.
DESIGN FEATURES:
Cantilever mid-wing monoplane. Thickness/chord ratio
varies from 6 per cent at root to 5 per cent at tip.
Anhedral 3 degrees 30'. Sweepback at quarter-chord 45
degrees. All-moving tailplane. All tail surfaces swept.
STRUCTURE:
The wing is an all-metal two-spar torsion-box
structure; stressed skin of machined panels with
integral stiffeners. Tips fold upward for carrier
stowage. The fuselage is a semi-monocoque structure,
'waisted' in accordance with area rule. The tail unit
is a cantilever all-metal structure, with tailplane
mid-set on fin.
LANDING GEAR:
Retractable tricycle type, with single wheel on each
unit, manufactured by Messier-Hispano-Bugatti.
Nosewheel retracts rearward, main units inward into
wings and fuselage. Messier-Hispano-Bugatti
oleo-pneumatic shock absorbers and disc brakes.
POWER PLANT:
One SNECMA Atar 8K-50 non-afterburning turbojet, rated
at 49 kN (11025 lb st). Fuel in integral tanks in wings
and rubber tanks in fuselage, with total capacity of
3270 litres (845 gallons; 719 Imp gallons). Provision
for an external tank of 1100 litres (290 US gallons;
242 Imp gallons) under each wing, and a 600 litre (158
US gallon; 132 Imp gallon) centreline tank or flight
refuelling 'buddy' pack under the fuselage. Retractable
flight refuelling probe in fairing in front of
windscreen.
ACCOMMODATION:
Pilot only, on Hipano-built Martin-Baker SEMMB CM4A
lightweight ejection seat in pressurised and
air-conditioned cockpit. Extensively armoured.
AVIONICS AND EQUIPMENT:
Sagem-Kearfott ETNA inertial navigation and attack
system; Thomson-CSF/ESD (now Dassault Electronique)
Agave lightweight searchtrack/designation/telemetry/navig
ation radar; Thomson-CSF VE-120 head-up display;
Crouzet Type 97 navigation display, armament control
panel and selector box, and Type 66 air data computer;
TRT radio altimeter, SFIM three-axis attitude
indicator; LMT micro-Tacan and IFF, and Socrat VOR.
ARMAMENT:
Two DEFA 30 mm guns, each with 125 rds, in bottom of
engine air intake trunks. Underfuselage attachments for
two 250 kg bombs. Four underwing attachments for 400 kg
bombs, Magic air-to-air missiles or rockets pods.
Optionally, one Exocet AM 39 air-to-surface missile
under starboard wing, and one external fuel tank under
port wing. French Navy Super Etendards are equipped to
carry tactical nuclear weapons.
Aircraft Measures:
Length: 46 ft., 11{1/2} in.
Height: 12 ft., 8 in.
Wingspan: 31 ft., 6 in.
Loaded Weight: ~24,000 lbs
Aircraft Performance:
Maximum Speed: ~mach 1
Service Ceiling: 45,000 ft.
Range:N/A
Thrust:N/A