American helicopters

Boeing CH-47Chinook

In production for more than 60 years

Heavy transport helicopter with two big tandem rotors, used by the US Army and many other forces, among them the Royal Netherlands Air Force.

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First flight1961

ManufacturerBoeing

CountryUnited States

TypeTandem-rotor heavy transport helicopter

StatusIn service

History

Heavy transport helicopter with two big tandem rotors, used by the US Army and many other forces, among them the Royal Netherlands Air Force.

ManufacturerBoeing Vertol

Specifications

Number built: 1,200+

General characteristics

Crew: 3 (pilot, copilot, flight engineer or loadmaster)
Capacity: 33–55 troops or; 24 stretchers and 3 attendants or; 24,000 lb (10,886 kg) payload
Length: 98 ft 10.7 in (30.142 m)
Fuselage length: 51 ft 2 in (15.6 m)
Width: 12 ft 5 in (3.78 m) (fuselage)
Height: 18 ft 7.8 in (5.685 m)
Empty weight: 24,578 lb (11,148 kg)
Gross weight: 54,000 lb (24,494 kg)
Fuel capacity: 1,080 US gal (899 imp gal; 4,088 L)
Powerplant: 2 × Lycoming T55-GA-714A turboshaft engines, 4,733 shp (3,529 kW) each
Main rotor diameter: 2 × 60 ft (18 m)
Main rotor area: 5,600 sq ft (520 m)
Blade section: root: Boeing VR-7; tip: Boeing VR-8

Performance

Maximum speed: 170 kn (200 mph, 310 km/h)
Cruise speed: 157 kn (181 mph, 291 km/h)
Range: 400 nmi (460 mi, 740 km)
Combat range: 165 nmi (190 mi, 306 km) (combat radius)
Ferry range: 1,216 nmi (1,399 mi, 2,252 km)
Service ceiling: 20,000 ft (6,100 m)
Rate of climb: 1,522 ft/min (7.73 m/s)
Disk loading: 9.5 lb/sq ft (46 kg/m)
Power/mass: 0.28 hp/lb (0.46 kW/kg)

Armament

Up to 3 pintle-mounted medium machine guns (1 on loading ramp and 2 at shoulder windows), generally 7.62 mm (0.300 in) M240/FN MAG machine guns, and can be armed with the 7.62 mm M134 Minigun rotary machine gun.

Avionics

Rockwell Collins Common Avionics Architecture System (CAAS) (MH-47G/CH-47F)

Source: Wikipedia — Boeing CH-47 Chinook (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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