| Type | Helicopter | |
| Company | Bell Aircraft Corporation | |
| Geometry | ||
|---|---|---|
| Length (m) |
1.9
17.4
88.7
|
|
| Height (m) |
0.6
4.4
50.1
|
|
| Width (m) |
1.9
2.6
7.7
|
|
| Rotors | ||
| Main rotor diameter (m) |
1.2
14.6
62
|
|
| Tail rotor diameter (m) |
0.8
2.6
4.9
|
|
| Weights | ||
| Empty weight (kg) |
8
2,365.5
276,800
|
|
| Max. takeoff weight (Gross weight) (kg) |
154
4,309.1
575,000
|
|
| Loaded weight (kg) |
5
4,100.5
242,500
|
|
| Capacity | ||
| Crew (per.) |
1
4
112
|
|
| Payload (kg) |
23
1,760
122,470
|
|
| Capacity passengers (per.) |
1
14
400
|
troops or 6 stretchers |
| Speeds | ||
| Max. Speed (km/h) |
25
220
28,165
|
|
| Сruise Speed (km/h) |
52
205
3,087
|
|
| Fuel | ||
| Fuel Capacity (l) |
23
1,050
320,000
|
|
| Power | ||
| Power/mass (hp/kg) |
0.0
0.3
22.1
|
|
| Total Power (hp) |
0.4
1,100
60,000
|
1 powerplant |
| Performance | ||
| Service ceiling (m) |
0.6
5,910
161,544
|
|
| Static ceiling (m) |
3
4,145
5,485
|
|
| Range (Ferry range) (km) |
4
511
40,700
|
|
| Dynamic Performance | ||
| Rate of climb (m/min) |
1.9
534
36,000
|
|
| Combat | ||
| Guns (qt) |
1
2
18
|
7.62 mm M60 machine gun, or 2 7.62 mm GAU-17/A machine gun or 7.62 mm Rheinmetall MG3 (German Army and German Luftwaffe) or .303 Browning Mk II (Rhodesian, twin machine guns mounted on port side) |
| Rockets (qt) |
1
2
76
|
7-round or 19-round 2.75 in (70 mm) rocket pods |
| Stat | ||
| Number built (qt) |
0
16,000
43,000
|
|
| Introduction | 1959 | |
| First flight | 20.10.1956 | |
