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Country of Origin. France.
Similar Aircraft.
Lynx,
Gazelle,
Hirundo A109.
Crew. Normally two. Three with crew chief.
Role. Assault-transport (8 to 10 troops), utility, attack.
Armament. Rockets, antitank missiles on SA 365M model.
Dimensions. Length: 37 ft, 6 in (11.43 m). Rotor diameter: 39 ft, 2 in (11.94 m).
Wings. Four-blade main rotor. Weapons carrying platform on some models.
Engine(s). Two turboshafts mounted side by side on top of cabin. Air intake on side of motor hump. Exhausts at the rear of the hump.
Fuselage. Teardrop-shaped body. Tapered boom to the tail fin. Rounded nose and stepped-up cockpit. Retractable gear and flat bottom.
Tail. Flats with swept-back tips forward of the swept-back and tapered fin with blunt tip. Rotor is inside housing at the bottom of the fin.
France, People’s Republic of China (Z-9), USA.
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| Updated: 27 January 2008 |
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Born 07 September 2000 |