Boeing-Vertol YUH-61
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| Boeing-Vertol YUH-61A | |
| Type | Utility transport helicopter |
| Manufacturer | Boeing-Vertol |
| Status | Program terminated |
| Number built | 3 |
The Boeing-Vertol YUH-61 (Model 179), a twin turbine-engined, medium-lift, military assault/utility helicopter was the runner-up of a United States Army competition in the mid 1970s to replace the UH-1 Huey family. Though the two final competing designs were both developed to Army specifications, Sikorsky's aircraft was selected.
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[edit] History
Under a contract awarded in August 1972, Boeing-Vertol designed and delivered three prototypes to compete against the Sikorsky YUH-60A in the US Army's Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System (UTTAS) program.[1] While Boeing-Vertol failed to win the competition, it pinned its hope on winning civil orders and the US Navy's LAMPS III programe. In the end, a variant of the Sikorsky design, the SH-60B, would also win, and what civil orders were received were cancelled.[1]
[edit] Specifications (YUH-61A)
This aircraft article is missing some (or all) of its specifications. If you have a source, you can help Wikipedia by adding them.Data from Modern Military Aircraft[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: Minimum 2 pilots
- Length: 60 ft 8.5 in (18.5 m)
- Rotor diameter: 49 ft 0 in (14.94 m)
- Height: 15 ft 6 in (4.72 m)
- Disc area: ft² (m²)
- Empty weight: 9,750 lb (4,422 kg)
- Loaded weight: lb (kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 17,700 lb (8,953 kg)
- Powerplant: 2× General Electric T700 turboshafts, 1,536 hp (kW) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: mph (knots, km/h)
- Combat radius: 370 mi (nm, 595 km)
- Ferry range: mi (nm, km)
- Service ceiling: ft (m)
- Rate of climb: ft/min (m/s)
- Disc loading: lb/ft² (kg/m²)
- Power/mass: hp/lb (W/kg)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Gunston, Bill: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the World's Modern Military Aircraft, page 205. Crescent Books, New York, NY USA, ca. 1978. ISBN 978-0-517-22477-9
[edit] External links
- UTTAS program - YUH-61 origins
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