Country of Origin. France.
Similar Aircraft.
Alouette III,
Gazelle,
Scout/Wasp,
OH-13 Sioux.
Crew. One.
Role. Observation, liaison, light-attack.
Armament. Machine gun, rockets, missiles.
Dimensions. Length: 33 ft, 8 in (10.28 m). Rotor diameter: 36 ft (11 m).
Wings. Three-blade main rotor high-mounted to the rear of the cockpit.
Engine(s). One turboshaft high-mounted on the fuselage to the rear of the cockpit and main rotor shaft.
Upturned exhaust.
Fuselage. Oval, transparent, bubble cockpit. Tadpole-like appearance. Fixed-skid landing gear. Tail
boom is open framework.
Tail. Small, rectangular, square-tipped flats forward of a small, right side-mounted rotor. No fin.
Rotor guard.
Algeria, Belgium, Djibouti, Ecuador, France, Germany, India (Cheetah), Indonesia, Pakistan (Lama), Portugal, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey.
Updated: 27 January 2008 | Born 07 September 2000 |