Gulfstream Aerospace G-IV Gulfstream IV
- CountryUnited States of America
- TypeLong range large corporate transport
- PowerplantsTwo 61.6kN (13,850lb) Rolls-Royce Tay Mk.6118 turbofans.
- PerformanceG-IV - Normal cruising speed 850km/h (460kt). Initial rate of climb 4000ft/min. Range with max payload and reserves 6732km (3633nm), range with eight passengers and reserves 7815km (4220nm). G-IV-SP - Max cruising speed 936km/h (505kt), normal cruising speed 850km/h (460kt). Initial rate of climb 4122ft/min. Range with max payload and reserves 6182km (3338nm), range with eight passengers and reserves 7815km (4220nm).
- WeightsG-IV - Empty 16,102kg (35,500lb), max takeoff 33,203kg (73,200lb). G-IV-SP - Empty same, max takeoff 33,838kg (74,600lb).
- DimentionsWing span 23.72m (77ft 10in), length 26.92m (88ft 4in), height 7.45m (24ft 5in). Wing area 88.3m2 (950.39sq ft).
- CapacityFlightcrew of two. Main cabin seating for between 14 and 19, plus flight attendant. SRA-4 special missions version can also be configured for freight work.
- ProductionApproximately 340 Gulfstream IVs and IV-SPs delivered by late 1998. Military C-20s built for the US Air Force, Navy, Marines and Army, other military customers include Sweden and Japan.
The Gulfstream IV is an essentially enhanced, bigger, longer running and progressed advancement of the prior II and III.
The most noteworthy change with the G-IV over the prior Gulfstream models are the Rolls-Royce Tay turbofans, which bring huge fuel blaze and commotion emanation upgrades in spite of their higher push yield than the II and III's Speys (the IV proceeds with a Gulfstream and Rolls-Royce affiliation that goes once again to the first Dart fueled Gulfstream I). Different progressions incorporate an extended fuselage and aerodynamically and structurally enhanced wing with 30% less parts, more noteworthy fuel limit and extent, expanded compass tailplane and a progressed EFIS aeronautics suite with six color CRT shows.
Configuration deal with the IV started in right on time 1983, with the first of four creation models making the sort's first flight on September 19 1985. FAA accreditation was honored on April 22 1987. The enhanced Gulfstream IV (SP = Special Performance), with higher payload and arriving weights and enhanced payload range execution, supplanted the IV from September 1992.
A third improvement is the unique mission SRA-4. Planned fundamentally for military parts, (for example, sea watch and electronic observation, contingent upon gear fit) it is additionally offered as a tanker for necessity freight transport (the US Navy has requested four and the Marines one as C-20g operations help flying machine fit for obliging 26 travelers or three cargo beds).
Both the Gulfstream IV and IV-SP have set various records. A Gulfstream IV flew west as far and wide as possible in excess of 36,800km (19,890nm) in June 1987 in a period of 45hr 25min, setting 22 class world records, an alternate flew east around the globe in February 1988, setting 11 class world records. All the more as of late an IV-SP set new world speed and separation records on a routine business flight from Tokyo to Alberquerque in the USA in March 1993.
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