BRAND and MODEL
WESTLAND WHIRLWIND
TYPE
Utility helicopter
ORIGIN
United Kingdom
ENGINE
One 559 kw (750 hp) Alvis Leonides fourteen-cylinder two-row air-cooled radial engine
SPECIFICATIONS
Main rotor diameter: 16.15 m (53 ft)
Length: 18.9 m (62 ft)
Height: 4.03 m (13 ft 2½ in)
Max speed: 176 km/h (109 mph)
Max cruising speed: 148 km/h (92 mph)
Economical cruising speed: 139 km/h (86 mph)
Max rate of climb at sea level: 320 m/min (1,050 ft/min)
Hovering ceiling in ground effect: 2,195 m (7,200 ft)
Max range: 537 km (334 miles)
Empty weight: 2,440 kg (5,375 lb)
Loaded weight: 3,629 kg (8,000 lb)
PHOTO
wrightys-warships.com:Source of phothograph
