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Plane Spotters India | Photo Of The Day !!
Team PSI 7/25/2013 0
The HAL Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) is a multirole combat helicopter being developed in India by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for use by the Indian Air Force and the Indian Army.Photograph By - Damanbir Singh
General characteristics
- Crew : 2
- Length : 15.8 m (51 ft 8 in)
- Rotor diameter : 13.3 m (43 ft 6 in)
- Height : 4.7 m (15 ft 4 in)
- Disc area : 138.9 m² (1,472 ft²)
- Empty weight : 2,250 kg (5,975 lb)
- Useful load : 3,350 kg (7,410 lb)
- Max. takeoff weight : 5,800 kg (12,787 lb)
- Powerplant : 2 × HAL/Turbomeca Shakti turboshaft, 1,067 kW (1,430 shp) each
Performance
- Never exceed speed : 330 km/h (178 knots, 207 mph)
- Maximum speed : 268 km/h (145 knots, 166.5 mph)
- Range : 700 km (297 nmi, 342 mi)
- Service ceiling : 6,500 m (21,300 ft)
- Rate of climb : 12 m/s (2,362 ft/min)
- Disc loading : 39.59 kg/m² (8.23 lb/ft²)
- Power/mass : 327 W/kg (0.198 hp/lb)
Armament
- Guns : 1× 20 mmM621 cannon on Nexter THL-20 turret
- Rockets : 60/80 mm calibre rockets
- Missiles : air-to-surface, MBDA air-to-air, anti-radiation, and Helina anti-tank missiles
- Bombs : Gravity bombs, cluster bombs, grenade launchers
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