VAT HUMMINGBIRD

 

BRAND and MODEL
VAT HUMMINGBIRD
TYPE
Four-seat utility helicopter
ORIGIN
United States of America
ENGINE
One 194 kw (260 hp) Textron Lycoming VO-435-A1F four-cylinder horizontally-opposed air-cooled engine
SPECIFICATIONS

Rotor diameter: 10.05 m (32 ft 11 in)

Length: 9.29 m (30 ft 5 in)

Height: 2.59 m (8 ft 6 in)

Max speed: 178 km/h (111 mph)

Cruising speed: 145 km/h (90 mph)

Hovering ceiling in ground effect: 2,743 m (9,000 ft)

Hovering ceiling out of ground effect: 1,219 m (4,000 ft)

Ceiling: 3,658 m (12,000 ft)

Rate of climb [at 1,050 kg / 2,315 lb]: 381 m/min (1,250 ft/min)

Rate of climb [at 1,220 kg / 2,690 lb]: 290 m/min (950 ft/min)

Range: 640 km (398 miles)

Empty weight: 820 kg (1,808 lb)

Useful load: 410 kg (904 lb)

Loaded weight: 1,220 kg (2,690 lb)

PHOTO
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