How
carry a crew of 2+2 and 600 kg of instruments to the stratosphere
? Strato 2C climbed to 60867 ft (standard conditions) with a useful
load of 1350 kg on 4 August 1995.
| Manufacturer | Grob Mattsies (Germany) |
| Span | 56.5 m |
| MTOW | 13350 kg |
| Max payload | 1000 kg |
| Crew | 2 (+2) |
| Engines | 2x triple charged Teledyne TSIOL 550, 400HP@3100 rpm |
| Props | 5 bladed, D=6m, 636 rpm, wood/foam/composite, hyd pitch control |
| Vy@MTOW | 65 KEAS |
| Design altitude | FL790 |
| Vmo/Mmo | 151 KCAS/M0.56 |
single
seater HALE turboprop, 800kg payload to 50000ft, with payload mods, during ARESE
campain in Oklahoma 1995. A double seater version is operated by
ARA/Flinders University.
| Manufacturer | Grob Mattsies (Germany) |
| Span | 33m |
| MTOW | 4700 kg |
| Max payload | 1000 kg |
| crew | 1 (+1 DST only) |
| Engine | Garret TPE 331, 750 SHP@1540 rpm |
| Prop | Hartzell 4 blades Kevlar D=3.048m, hyd pitch control |
| Vy @ MTOW | 95 KEAS |
| Design altitude | FL500 |
| Vmo/Mmo | 154 KCAS/M0.448 |
| Manufacturer | Grob Mattsies (Germany) |
| Span | 35.6 m |
| MTOW | 7800 kg/12000kg (ER) |
| Max payload | 1200 kg |
| crew | 2+2 |
| Engines | Williams 2xFJ44 |
| Design altitude | FL650 |
| Mmo | M0.64 |