C-130 Hercules

[kitnut617]

There's a small article in Combat Aircraft along with a photo of an 'H' being converted to use the EP-2000 eight blade props, I would have thought they would be used on the 'big guy'

[GTX]

So there I was looking at pictures of the Marshall Aerospace C-130K/TP-400 testbed flying:






when I thought - what about a twin engined C-130 using TP-400s?

A quick check of the power offerings of the engines:

C-130H:
4 x Allison T56-A-15 turboprops, 4,300 bhp (3,210 kW) each = total of 6240 kW per wing;

C-130J
4× Rolls-Royce AE 2100D3 turboprops, 4,637 shp (3,458 kW) each = 6916 kW per wing;

Speculative C-130TP400 twin:
2 x EuroProp International TP400-D6 turboprop, 8,250 kW (11,000 hp) each = 8250 kW per wing!

So maybe take a C-130J-30 and fit a single TP400 to each wing - the result a new C-130 with less maintenance but more power!

Regards,

Greg

[ChernayaAkula]

C-130XL

Interesting! Somehow missed that first time round.

<...> So maybe take a C-130J-30 and fit a single TP400 to each wing - the result a new C-130 with less maintenance but more power! <...>

Quick! We need a profile!  Or maybe JP Vieira could photoshop something, cutting out the Allisons!

This really sounds like it has a lot of potential.

[ChernayaAkula]

Nice!  Looks kinda odd with only two engines, but that may be down to Herkybird being the four-engined transport.

[tinlail]

It would be the perfect procurement after the C-27 being picked primarily because it has the same engine as the C-130J.

[GTX]

That is certainly modelable (is that a word?)!

Regards,

Greg

[dy031101]

I was going to say something to the effect of the Mi-V12......

[ChernayaAkula]

That tandem rotor set-up looks great! 

[Aircav]

All you need now is 2 Mi-26 halo's 

[ytown2010]

what were the competitors to the C-130? did Douglas offer a design?

[GTX]

what were the competitors to the C-130? did Douglas offer a design?

There's a bit here:  http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,339.0/

Regards,

Greg

[Joe C-P]

How about a C-130 tiltrotor (ala V-22)?

The Appleseed movie had something similar

I've thought about such a thing; a larger four-prop version has been shown elsewhere on this very site.

[Hman]

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/04/02/324708/us-marine-corps-plans-to-convert-kc-130j-tankers-into.html


The US Marine Corps has decided to convert some Lockheed Martin KC-130J tankers into combination surveillance platforms and gunships...

Any thoughts?

[famvburg]

Was it Rockwell that had a proposal for a tilt-wing C-130 to support Harriers? I've seen a sketch somewhere before, maybe in an old AW&ST.

[PR19_Kit]

That should make the C-130 the leader in the 'The airframe used for most taskings' competion, with the Canberra a close second of course.