EUROPEAN ORGANISATION FOR THE SAFETY OF AIR NAVIGATION EUROCONTROL EUROCONTROL EXPERIMENTAL CENTRE EQUIVALENCES REPORT FOR THE BASE OF AIRCRAFT DATA (BADA) REVISION 2.5 EEC Note No. 30/96 EEC Task D09 EATCHIP Task SPT Issued: December 1996 The information contained in this document is the property of the EUROCONTROL Agency and no part should be reproduced in any form without the Agency’s permission. The views expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the official views or policy of the Agency. REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE Reference: Security Classification: EEC Note 30/96 Unclassified Originator: Originator (Corporate Author) Name/Location: EEC - APO EUROCONTROL Experimental Centre (Aircraft Performance and Operations) B.P.15 F - 91222 Brétigny-sur-Orge CEDEX FRANCE Telephone : +33 1 69 88 75 00 Sponsor: Sponsor (Contract Authority) Name/Location: EEC EUROCONTROL Agency Rue de la Fusée, 96 B -1130 BRUXELLES Telephone : +32 2 729 9011 TITLE: Equivalences Report for the Base of Aircraft Data (BADA) Revision 2.5 Author Date Pages Figures Tables Appendix References A.Bos 12/96 vi + 6 0 4 1 2 EATCHIP Task EEC Task No. Task No. Sponsor Period Specification SPT D09 2/96 to 12/96 Distribution Statement: (a) Controlled by: Head of APO (b) Special Limitations: None (c) Copy to NTIS: YES / NO Descriptors (keywords): aircraft model, total-energy model, BADA, equivalences Abstract: The Base of Aircraft Data (BADA) provides a set of ASCII files containing performance and operating procedure coefficients for 69 different aircraft types. These are the so-called directly supported models. Besides these 69 aircraft models there are an additional 96 models that are considered to be equivalent to one of these directly supported models. This report gives an overview of the equivalences added to BADA since the release of the previous version of BADA (2.4). This document has been collated by mechanical means. Should there be missing pages, please report to: EUROCONTROL Experimental Centre Publications Office B.P. 15 91222 - BRETIGNY-SUR-ORGE CEDEX France EEC Note No. 30/96 Equivalences Report for BADA 2.5 Equivalences Report for the Base of Aircraft Data (BADA) Revision 2.5 EUROCONTROL Experimental Centre Summary The Base of Aircraft Data (BADA) provides a set of ASCII files containing performance and operating procedure coefficients for 69 different aircraft types. These are the so-called directly supported models. Besides these 69 aircraft models there are an additional 96 models that are considered to be equivalent to one of these directly supported models. This report gives an overview of the equivalences added to BADA since the release of the previous version of BADA (2.4). December 1996 Page v EEC Note No. 30/96 Equivalences Report for BADA 2.5 Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................................1 1.1 IDENTIFICATION AND SCOPE ........................................................................................................................1 1.2 ORGANISATION ...........................................................................................................................................1 1.3 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS...........................................................................................................................1 1.4 ACRONYMS.................................................................................................................................................1 2. AIRCRAFT EQUIVALENCES.................................................................................................................2 2.1 NEW EQUIVALENCES ...................................................................................................................................2 2.2 MODIFIED EQUIVALENCES ...........................................................................................................................4 2.3 EQUIVALENCE DATA ...................................................................................................................................4 3. CONCLUSIONS ........................................................................................................................................6 Appendix A: Aircraft Equivalence Reports for BADA 2.5 December 1996 Page vi EEC Note No. 30/96 Equivalences Report for BADA 2.5 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Identification and Scope This document presents an evaluation of new and modified aircraft equivalences for the Base of Aircraft Data (BADA) [RD1]. The aircraft equivalences covered in this document are for inclusion in BADA Revision 2.5. An overview of all existing equivalences can be found in the SYNONYM.LST/NEW files. 1.2 Organisation This document is presented in three sections including Section 1, the Introduction. This first section includes a list of referenced documents and a glossary of acronyms. The results of the equivalence analysis is summarised in Section 2 with the conclusions stated in Section 3. Appendix A contains an aircraft equivalence report for each of the aircraft under consideration. 1.3 Referenced Documents RD1 User Manual for the Base of Aircraft Data (BADA) Revision 2.4; EEC Note 5/96; February 1996. RD2 Aircraft Type Designators 24th Edition, ICAO Doc 8643/24, January 1994 1.4 Acronyms APO Centre for Aircraft Performance and Operations BADA Base of Aircraft Data EEC Eurocontrol Experimental Centre ICAO International Civil Aviation Organisation PTF Performance Table File RD Referenced Document December 1996 Page 1 EEC Note No. 30/96 Equivalences Report for BADA 2.5 2. AIRCRAFT EQUIVALENCES 2.1 New Equivalences A total of 38 new equivalenced aircraft are proposed for BADA Revision 2.5. A summary list of these aircraft with their associated reference aircraft is given in Table 2-1 below. Table 2-1: New Equivalence Aircraft for BADA 2.5 Equivalenced Aircraft Referenced Aircraft (Directly Supported) Learjet 31 Learjet 35 LET 410 Dornier D-228 Convair 580 ATR-72 Lockheed C-141 Starlifter McDonnell Douglas DC-8S Lockheed C-140 Jetstar Canadair CL-600 Challenger IAI 1124 Westwind BAe 125 Rockwell Sabreliner 265 Dassault DA-20 Falcon Mooney Mark 20 Aerospatiale TB-20 Trinidad Mitsubishi MU-300 Cessna Citation II Embrear E-110 Bandeirante Dornier D-228 Cessna 425 Corsair/Conquest Piper PA-31T Cheyenne II Cessna Citationjet 525 Cessna Citation II Cessna 310 Piper PA-31 Navajo Beech 58 Baron Piper PA-23 Aztec Beech 36 Bonanza Piper PA-34 Seneca Boeing 720 B Boeing 707 (1) Fairchild Metro II/A Fairchild Merlin IVC December 1996 Page 2 EEC Note No. 30/96 Equivalences Report for BADA 2.5 Table 2-1: New Equivalence Aircraft for BADA 2.5 (continued) Equivalenced Aircraft Referenced Aircraft (Directly Supported) Beech 1900 BAe 31 Jetstream Shorts 330 Shorts 360 Gulfstream Jetprop Commander Piper PA-42 Cheyenne III/IV Cessna 414 Chancellor Cessna 421 Golden Eagle Beech 60 Duke Cessna 421 Golden Eagle Beech Bonanza 33 Piper PA-34 Seneca Aerospatiale SN 601 Corvette Cessna Citation II Lockheed C-5 Galaxy Boeing 747 (2) Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker Boeing 707 (3) Cessna 303 Crusader Piper PA-31 Navajo Cessna Citation II/SP Cessna Citation II (4) A-10 Thunderbolt II, A-4 Skyhawk, A-6 FGTR (5) Intuder, T-45 Goshawk, F-14 Tomcat, SAAB 105, SAAB 32 Lansen, SAAB 35 Draken, SAAB 37 Viggen, SAAB 39 Gripen Note 1: No equivalence report was made for this aircraft. The match is based on an almost identical airframe/engine combination Note 2: The C-5 is equivalenced with the B-747 since it is the heaviest model that is available. No equivalence report was made for this aircraft. Note 3: An insufficient amount of information was available to establish an equivalence report this aircraft. The equivalence is based on the identical airframe Note 4: The C551 is a special version of the C550. These two types are therefore equivalenced. No equivalence report was made for this aircraft. Note 5: All military jet fighters are equivalenced with the generic fighter model (FGTR). Equivalence reports are not produced for these aircraft. December 1996 Page 3 EEC Note No. 30/96 Equivalences Report for BADA 2.5 2.2 Modified Equivalences One modified equivalence is proposed for BADA 2.5. This equivalent was modified from B747 to B74F in order to offer a higher maximum altitude to the B74S. Table 2-2: Modified Equivalence Aircraft for BADA 2.5 Equivalenced Aircraft Referenced Aircraft (Directly Supported) B74S B74F 2.3 Equivalence Data In all, a total of 39 aircraft equivalences are evaluated with the results given in Appendix A. These summary reports compare the attributes of the equivalence and reference aircraft, that is: Ø maximum take-off weight (MTOW); Ø number and type of engines; Ø service ceiling; Ø maximum operating speed; Ø maximum range; Ø year of introduction (FAA certification or first flight); and, Ø maximum rate of climb at sea level. An equivalence is accepted when the average error between the equivalence and the reference aircraft for MTOW, ceiling, rate of climb at sea level, range and speed does not exceed 20 %. The speed can be given in Mach number or knots depending on the data that was available. The sources for this information are Jane's All the World's Aircraft. In the source field only the volume of referenced Jane's is mentioned. For all data it is assumed that Source (1) is used unless indicated otherwise in the Aircraft Equivalence Reports in Appendix A. In those cases where a PTF file is mentioned as a reference source, it always concerns