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==Specifications (U-2S)== [[File:Lockheed U-2 0014.jpg|frameless|right|3-view line drawing of the Lockheed U-2]] {{Aircraft specs |ref=Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1989β90,<ref name=JAWA1989-90>{{cite book |title=Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1989β90 |year=1989 |publisher=Jane's Information Group |location=London |isbn=978-0710608963 |editor1-last=Taylor |editor1-first=John W.R. |edition=80th}}</ref> U.S. Air Force fact sheet,<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/104560/u-2stu-2s/ |title= U-2S/TU-2S fact sheet |newspaper= Air Force |date= 23 September 2015 |publisher= United States Air Force |access-date= 9 June 2024 |archive-date= 24 May 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240524124327/https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/104560/u-2stu-2s/ |url-status= live }}</ref> and Lockheed Martin U-2S product card<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lockheedmartin.com/content/dam/lockheed-martin/aero/documents/FG19-00608_015%20Product%20Card%20U-2%20media.pdf |title=U-2S Multi-Role Aircraft: A Quantum Leap in Capability for the Future Battlespace |publisher=Lockheed Martin |date=2019 |access-date=22 April 2022 |archive-date=28 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328085510/https://www.lockheedmartin.com/content/dam/lockheed-martin/aero/documents/FG19-00608_015%20Product%20Card%20U-2%20media.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> |prime units?=kts <!-- General characteristics --> |crew=1 |capacity={{cvt|5000|lb}} payload |length ft=63 |length in=0 |length note= |span ft=103 |span in= |span note= |height ft=16 |height in=0 |height note= |wing area sqft=1000 |wing area note= |aspect ratio=<!-- sailplanes --> |airfoil='''root:''' [[NACA airfoil|NACA 63A409]]; '''tip:''' [[NACA airfoil|NACA 63A406]]<ref name="Selig">{{cite web |last1=Lednicer |first1=David |title=The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage |url=https://m-selig.ae.illinois.edu/ads/aircraft.html |website=m-selig.ae.illinois.edu |access-date=16 April 2019 |archive-date=26 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326174850/https://m-selig.ae.illinois.edu/ads/aircraft.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |empty weight lb=16000 |empty weight note= |gross weight kg= |gross weight lb= |gross weight note= |max takeoff weight kg= |max takeoff weight lb=40000 |max takeoff weight note= |fuel capacity={{cvt|2950|USgal|impgal l}} |more general= <!-- Powerplant --> |eng1 number=1 |eng1 name=[[General Electric F118-101]] |eng1 type=turbofan engine |eng1 kw=<!-- prop engines --> |eng1 hp=<!-- prop engines --> |eng1 shp=<!-- prop engines --> |eng1 lbf=17000 <!-- Performance --> |speed kts= |speed note= |max speed note=<br /> *'''Cruise speed:''' [[Mach number|Mach]] 0.715 ({{cvt|412|kn|kn mph km/h|-1|order=out|disp=semicolon}}) at {{cvt|72000|ft}}<ref name=AvWeek12apr1999/> |max speed mach=<!-- supersonic aircraft --> |cruise speed kts=413 |cruise speed note=at {{cvt|65000|ft}}<ref name=NASA2015/> |stall speed kts=65 |stall speed note=<ref name=AvWeek12apr1999/> |never exceed speed kts= |never exceed speed note= |range nmi=6090 |range note=plus |combat range nmi= |combat range note= |ferry range nmi= |ferry range note= |endurance=12 hours<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.stripes.com/news/u-2s-challenge-pilots-endurance-in-the-air-1.97772 |title= U-2s challenge pilots' endurance in the air |author= Franklin Fisher |work= [[Stars and Stripes (newspaper)|Stars and Stripes]] |date= 7 January 2010 |access-date= 27 November 2018 |archive-date= 27 November 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181127152117/https://www.stripes.com/news/u-2s-challenge-pilots-endurance-in-the-air-1.97772 |url-status= live }}</ref> |ceiling ft=80000 |ceiling note=plus<ref name=AvWeek12apr1999/> |g limits=<!-- aerobatic --> |roll rate=<!-- aerobatic --> |glide ratio=<!-- sailplanes --> |climb rate ftmin=9000 |climb rate note= |time to altitude={{cvt|60000|ft}} in 12 minutes 30 seconds<ref name=AvWeek12apr1999/> |lift to drag=25.6<ref name=NASA2015>{{cite web |url= https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/unlimited-horizons.pdf |title= Unlimited Horizons: Design and Development of the U-2 |publisher= [[NASA]] |date= 2015 |author= Peter W. Merlin |access-date= 27 November 2018 |archive-date= 8 October 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191008185445/https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/unlimited-horizons.pdf |url-status= live }}</ref> |wing loading lb/sqft=40 |wing loading note= |fuel consumption lb/mi= |thrust/weight=0.425 |more performance=<br /> *'''Fuel consumption:''' {{cvt|910|lb/h|kg/h}} in cruise<ref name=AvWeek12apr1999>{{cite magazine |title= Lockheed U-2S pilot report |url= http://archive.aviationweek.com/issue/19990412#!&pid=60 |magazine= Aviation Week |author= David M. North |date= 12 April 1999 |pages= 60β66 |url-access= subscription |access-date= 27 November 2018 |archive-date= 27 November 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181127193600/http://archive.aviationweek.com/issue/19990412#!&pid=60 |url-status= live }}</ref> |avionics= }}
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