WESTLAND WHIRLWIND

 

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