Aircraft Description
HALO Aircraft Basic Description
The HALO aircraft is based on a commercial business jet, a Gulfstream G550. More information about Gulfstream and the G550 is available at the Gulfstream website.
The following specifications are for a production aircraft. The actual specifications of the modified HALO aircraft are somewhat different from the data of the production aircraft.
| Aircraft Performance | |
|---|---|
| Maximum Range (8 passengers, 4 crew, NBAA IFR reserves) The actual range will also be affected by speed, weather, outfitting options and others. | 12,501 km at Mach 0.8 |
| Maximum Operating Mach Number | Mach 0.885 |
| Takeoff Distance (SL, ISA, MTOW) | 1,801 m |
| Landing Distance (SL, ISA, MLW) | 844 m |
| Maximum Cruise Altitude | 15,545 m |
| Weights | |
|---|---|
| Maximum Takeoff Weight | 41,277 kg |
| Maximum Landing Weight | 34,156 kg |
| Maximum Zero Fuel Weight | 24,721 kg |
| Maximum Payload | 2,812 kg |
| Payload with Maximum Fuel | 816 kg |
| Design Standards | |
|---|---|
| Rolls-Royce BR710 Engines | 2 |
| Maximum Passengers | 19 |
| Exterior | |
|---|---|
| Length | 29.4 m |
| Height | 7.9 m |
| Wingspan | 28.5 m |
| Interior | |
|---|---|
| Cabin Length | 15.3 m |
| Cabin Height | 1.88 m |
| Cabin Width | 2.24 m |
| Cabin Volume | 47.3 m3 |
HALO Aircraft Modifications
HALO Aircraft Modifications
| View ports and Apertures | Comment | |
|---|---|---|
| Optical View ports | 2 Top View ports 2 Bottom View ports 2 Side View ports | Diameter: 515 mm Diameter: 515 mm ... |
| Top Fuselage Apertures | 10 x 10"x7" 2 x 10"x14" | |
| Bottom Fuselage Apertures | 10 x 10"x7" 1 x 10"x14" |
| Hard points | Comment | |
|---|---|---|
| Hard point assembly for selected aperture plates | ||
| Nose boom | 1 | 3-D Wind field |
| Forward fuselage pads | 6 | Basis instrumentation |
| Unpressurized Nose compartment | 30kg, 24ltr | |
| Cabin | 130kg | Stabilized Camera Platform |
| Cabin | Seat rails | additional seat rails on the floor and on the cabin top |
| Hard point on top of the tail fin | 20kg | |
| Hard points under the fuselage for Belly instrumentation pod | 350kg | |
| Wing | 6 | |
| Winglet | 5kg |
| Ducts / Trays | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cable trays / Tube trays in the cabin | ||
| Cable ducts to the wing hard points | ||
| Feed through plates |
| Power supply | Comment | |
|---|---|---|
| Experimental Power Supply | 55kW | |
| Power distribution panels | several locations inside the cabin |
| Communication / Avionics | ||
|---|---|---|
| Communication | VHF/AM VHF/FM UHF HF Intercom Cabin | |
| Access to basic aircraft data | ARINC ASCB Video (digital) |
| Miscellanea | Comment | |
|---|---|---|
| Liquid Cooling System | ||
| Cabin Environmental Control | Standard aircraft climate control | |
| Galley | removable | |
| Lavatory |