Overall Length
12.94 metres
Main Rotor Diameter
10.69 metres
Engine Model?
ARRIEL 1B
Free turbine turboshaft
Design Characteristics of the Engine?
1 single stage axial compressor.
1 centrifugal compressor.
An annual combustion chamber with fuel injection and ignition.
1 two stage axial turbine (driving compressors).
1 single stage free power turbine.
A hydraulic governor using fuel as the motive fluid.
Transmission Components Driving Main + Tail Rotors
Engine to MGB coupling shaft with hydraulic pump drive pulley.
Main gearbox.
Two piece tail drive shaft.
Tail gearbox
Main Rotor RPM?
394 rpm
Rotating speed of engine to MGB coupling and Tail Rotors drive shaft?
6125 rpm
Rotating speed of tail rotor in flight
2086 rpm
Fuel Tank Capacity
540 litres
Usable Fuel after Low Fuel Light Comes On
60 litres
Unusable fuel
1.25 litres
MGB Lubrication Capacity
6.5 litres
TGB Lubrication Capacity
0.33 litres
Engine Lubrication Capacity
6.2 litres
Hydraulic System Fluid Capacity
3 litre
Fuel Burn p/h
170 litres p/h
Fuel Endurance
3.1 hours