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BAE SYSTEMS Nimrod
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NIM
| Aircraft | |||||
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| Name | Nimrod | ||||
| Manufacturer | BAE SYSTEMS | ||||
| Body | Narrow | ||||
| Wing | Fixed Wing | ||||
| Position | Low wing | ||||
| Tail | Regular tail, low set | ||||
| WTC | Medium | ||||
| APC | D | ||||
| Type code | L4J | ||||
| Engine | Jet | ||||
| Engine count | Multi | ||||
| Position | (Front) Wing leading mounted | ||||
| Landing gear | Tricycle retractable | ||||
| Mass group | 4 | ||||
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BAE SYSTEMS Nimrod
Description
Maritime patrol and ELINT aircraft. In service from 1969 to 2011. Initially developed for Royal Air Force as a replacement for the Avro Shackleton maritime patrol aircraft and based on the De Havilland Comet 4 airliner. Various upgraded versions with various mission capabilities were progressively introduced.
Technical Data
| Wing span | 35.00 m114.829 ft <br /> |
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| Length | 38.63 m126.739 ft <br /> |
| Height | 9.08 m29.79 ft <br /> |
| Powerplant | Variants:
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| Engine model | Rolls-Royce BR700, Rolls-Royce Spey |
Performance Data
| Take-Off | Initial Climb (to 5000 ft) |
Initial Climb (to FL150) |
Initial Climb (to FL240) |
MACH Climb | Cruise | Initial Descent (to FL240) |
Descent (to FL100) |
Descent (FL100 & below) |
Approach | ||||||||||
| V2 (IAS) | kts | IAS | kts | IAS | kts | IAS | kts | MACH | TAS | 475 kts | MACH | IAS | kts | IAS | kts | Vapp (IAS) | kts | ||
| Distance | 1463 m | ROC | ft/min | ROC | ft/min | ROC | ft/min | ROC | ft/min | MACH | ROD | ft/min | ROD | ft/min | MCS | kts | Distance | 1615 m | |
| MTOW | 8051080,510 kg <br />80.51 tonnes <br /> kg | Ceiling | FL420 | ROD | ft/min | APC | D | ||||||||||||
| WTC | M | Range | 57555,755 nm <br />10,658,260 m <br />10,658.26 km <br />34,968,044.645 ft <br /> NM | ||||||||||||||||
Accidents & Serious Incidents involving NIM
- NIM / AS32, vicinity RAF Kinloss UK, 2006 (On 17 October 2006, at night, in low cloud and poor visibility conditions in the vicinity of Kinloss Airfield UK, a loss of separation event occurred between an RAF Nimrod MR2 aircraft and a civilian AS332L Puma helicopter.)
- NIM, manoeuvring, northern North Sea UK, 1995 (On 16 May 1995, an RAF BAe Nimrod on an airworthiness function flight caught fire after an electrical short circuit led indirectly to the No 4 engine starter turbine disc being liberated and breaching the No 2 fuel tank. It was concluded by the Investigation that the leaking fuel had then been ignited by either the electrical arcing or the heat of the adjacent engine. After the fire spread rapidly, the risk of structural break up led the commander to ditch the aircraft whilst it was still controllable. This was successful and all seven occupants were rescued.)
- NIM, vicinity Kandahar Afghanistan, 2006 (On 2 September 2006, a UK Royal Air Force (RAF) Nimrod, engaged in operations over Afghanistan experienced a fuel-fed bomb bay fire shortly after completing air-to-air refuelling. The fire spread and the aircraft exploded in flight before the crew were able to land at Kandahar. The Investigation concluded that the fuel leak had been the result of a series of systemic failures to ensure continued airworthiness of the aircraft type.)