Soko G-4 Super Galeb



Role Military trainer aircraft
Manufacturer SOKO
Designer Aeronautical Technical Institute
First flight 17 July 1978
Introduction 1983
Status Active
Primary user Serbian Air Force
Number built 85[1]
Unit cost $4,2 million in 2010 US dollars

General characteristics
  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 12.25 m (40 ft 2 in)
  • Wingspan: 9.88 m (32 ft 5 in)
  • Height: 4.30 m (14 ft 1 in)
  • Wing area: 19.5 m2 (210 sq ft)
  • Aspect ratio: 5.01
  • Empty weight: 3,250 kg (7,165 lb)
  • Gross weight: 4,760 kg (10,494 lb)
  • Max takeoff weight: 6,330 kg (13,955 lb)
  • Fuel capacity: 1,882 kg (maximum internal and external fuel)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Rolls-Royce Viper 632-46 , 17.8 kN (4,000 lbf) thrust
Performance
  • Maximum speed: 920 km/h (572 mph; 497 kn) clean @ 6,000 m (13,000 ft)
  • Cruising speed: 550 km/h (342 mph; 297 kn) @ 6,000m
  • Stall speed: 180 km/h (112 mph; 97 kn) dirty
  • Never exceed speed: 921 km/h (572 mph; 497 kn) 0.9M @ 11,000m
  • Range: 1,900 km (1,181 mi; 1,026 nmi) Internal fuel
  • Combat range: 1,300 km (808 mi; 702 nmi) with cannon pack and four BL755 cluster bombs (combat radius 485 km)
  • Ferry range: 2,500 km (1,553 mi; 1,350 nmi) maximum internal and external fuel
  • Service ceiling: 12,850 m (42,159 ft) Service ceiling (Altitude at which maximum climb rate reduces to 100 ft/min)
  • g limits: -4.2 to +8
  • Rate of climb: 31 m/s (6,100 ft/min)
  • Time to altitude: 6 minutes to 8,000m
Armament
  • 1x GSh-23L 23 mm cannon in ventral gun pod.
  • 2x Inner pylons 350 kg (770 lb)capacity.
  • 2x Outer pylons 250 kg (550 lb) capacity.
  • 1x Centreline pylon 400 kg (880 lb) capacity (G-4M).
  • 2x Wingtip missile rails (G-4M).
Avionics
Standard communication and navigation equipment, plus (fire control and weapons management) Ferranti ISIS D-282 gyro sight, and (defensive sensors and systems) Iskra SD-1 RWR; there is also provision for a reconnaissance pod with cameras and an IR line scanner.