HUGHES 300

 

BRAND and MODEL
HUGHES 300
TYPE
General-purpose light helicopter
ORIGIN
United States of America
ENGINE
(269A) One 134 kw (180 hp) Lycoming O-360-C2D four-cylinder horizontally-opposed air-cooled engine
(300C) One 142 kw (190 hp) Lycoming HIO-360-D1A four-cylinder horizontally-opposed air-cooled engine
SPECIFICATIONS

(300C)

Rotor diameter: 8.18 m (26 ft 10 in)

Fuselage length: 7.03 m (23 ft 1 in)

Height: 2.5 m (8 ft 2¾ in)

Max speed: 169 km/h (105 mph)

Max cruising speed at 1,525 m (5,000 ft): 161 km/h (100 mph)

Max inclined rate of climb: 305 m/min (1,100 ft/min)

Hovering ceiling in ground effect: 2,316 m (7,600 ft)

Max range: 410 km (255 miles)

Empty weight: 465 kg (1,025 lb)

Loaded weight: 861 kg (1,900 lb)

PHOTO
valka.cz:Source of phothograph