Country of Origin. USA.
Similar Aircraft.
UH-1 Iroquois,
OH-58 Kiowa,
Lynx,
Hirundo A109.
Crew. Two (three with crew chief).
Role. General purpose utility, naval operations.
Armament.
ASMs, homing torpedoes, depth charges.
Dimensions. Length: 42 ft (12.79 m). Rotor diameter: 48 ft (14.64 m).
Wings. Large, dual-blade main rotor on hump at top rear of cabin.
Engine(s). Two turboshafts with a combining gear box. Air intakes in front of engine.
Fuselage. Long and oval with rounded nose. Stepped-up cockpit and tapered rear section. Swell in center of cabin. Fixed-skid landing gear.
Tail. Boom tapers to swept-back, tapered fin with rotor on the right. Rectangular flats mounted on the boom forward of the fin.
Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Botswana, Brunei, Canada, Ecuador, Ghana, Guatemala, Guyana, Iran, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, North Yemen, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Somalia , South Korea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, USA, Venezuela, Zambia.
Updated: 27 January 2008 | Born 10 September 2000 |