Military Helicopters
Boeing RAH-66 Comanche
ICAO: H66
Overview
The Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow is an upgraded version of the AH-64 attack helicopter. Designed with advanced radar and targeting systems, it enhances all-weather combat capability. The aircraft entered service in the late 1990s.
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Specifications
Units
- Engine
- 2 × General Electric T700-GE-701D
- Engine type
- Turboshaft
- Power
- 2 × 2,000 shp · 1,491 kW
- Avionics
- Meggitt Avionics, IHADSS, TADS/PNVS, AN/APG-78 Longbow
- Wing tips
- No winglets
- Seats
- 2
- Crew
- —
- Cabin width
- —
- Cabin height
- —
- Cabin length
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- Exterior length
- 58 ft 2 in · 17.73 m
- Tail height
- 12 ft 8 in · 3.87 m
- Fuselage diameter
- 5 ft 11 in · 1.80 m
- Wing span
- 48 ft 0 in · 14.63 m
- Baggage volume
- —
- Gross weight
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- Empty weight
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- Max takeoff weight
- 23,000 lb · 10,400 kg
- Max landing weight
- —
- Max payload
- 3,400 lb · 1,550 kg
- Fuel capacity
- 380 gal · 1,400 L · 1,100 kg (Jet A)
- Max cruise speed
- 158 kt · 182 mph · 293 km/h
- Maximum speed
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- Cruise speed
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- Approach speed
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- Range
- 1,026 nm · 1,180 mi · 1,900 km
- Fuel burn
- 3.25 nm/gal · 1.59 km/L
- Ceiling
- 21,000 ft · 6,400 m
- Rate of climb
- 2,900 ft/min · 15 m/s
- Takeoff distance
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- Landing distance
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Blog mentions
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