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Presenting

the big Hercules debate

Two engines vs four engines

The cargo expert above favours the two-engine Hercules, the L-400. It has the same big cargo compartment as the four-engine Hercules. If s big enough to handle fully assembled bulldozers and trucks. The L-400's two engines make it ideal for carrying 22,500 pounds for 500 nautical miles or 15,000 pounds for 1,350 nautical miles. Moreover, the L400 twin-engine Hercules can use earth, sand or gravel runways, just like the four-engine Hercules.

Lockheed Hercules

This cargo expert favours the four-engine Hercules because he wants to carry up to 50,000 pounds. Or fly routes as long as 2,800 nautical miles.
Both cargo experts win the debate.

Each wants the big Hercules cargo compartment, the perfect shape and size for cargo, but they have different route needs. One of the many Hercules aircraft that can meet virtually all route and payload requirements. You can't lose with a fuel-efficient Hercules — twin or four-engined.

For further information, contact Director of International Marketing,

Lockheed-Georgia Company, Marietta, Georgia 30063, U.S.A.

Lockheed Hercules

Lockheed l-400 The Twin Engine ‘Half Hercules’

 Background: The Lockheed L-400 was designed to serve the needs of a large number of Hercules operators for an economical airlifter for shorter range, lower payload missions. Studies began in the late 1970s. Several options—including a new aircraft—were considered, but a twin-engine derivative of the Hercules was seen as the most logical. The L-400, which would have been built on the C-130 assembly line in Marietta, Georgia, was expected to offer more than ninety percent spares, facilities, mission equipment, and support services commonality with the C-130. The program was officially launched in January 1980 with first flight expected by 1982 and, after FAA certification, delivery to the first customer by 1983. However, the market never developed and the program was shelved by the mid-1980s.

 

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