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AEROSPATIALE Super Frelon
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FREL
| Aircraft | |||||||
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| Name | Super Frelon | ||||||
| Manufacturer | AEROSPATIALE | ||||||
| Wing | Rotary | ||||||
| Position | Four-blade main rotor | ||||||
| Tail | Five-blade tail rotor | ||||||
| WTC | Medium | ||||||
| Type code | H3T | ||||||
| Engine | Turboshaft | ||||||
| Engine count | Multi | ||||||
| Position | Above cabin | ||||||
| Landing gear | Tricycle retractable | ||||||
| Mass group | 3 | ||||||
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AEROSPATIALE Super Frelon
Description
The Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon is a three-engined heavy transport helicopter produced by Aérospatiale of France. The helicopter is still in use in China where the locally produced version is known as the Z-8. "Frelon" is French for hornet.
Technical Data
| Wing span | 18.90 m62.008 ft <br /> |
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| Length | 23.03 m75.558 ft <br /> |
| Height | 6.66 m21.85 ft <br /> |
| Powerplant | 3 x Turboméca Turmo IIIC turboshafts, 1,171 kW each |
| Engine model | Turboméca Turmo |
Performance Data
| Take-Off | Initial Climb (to 5000 ft) |
Initial Climb (to FL150) |
Initial Climb (to FL240) |
MACH Climb | Cruise | Initial Descent (to FL240) |
Descent (to FL100) |
Descent (FL100 & below) |
Approach | ||||||||||
| V2 (IAS) | kts | IAS | kts | IAS | kts | IAS | kts | MACH | TAS | 124 kts | MACH | IAS | kts | IAS | kts | Vapp (IAS) | kts | ||
| Distance | m | ROC | ft/min | ROC | ft/min | ROC | ft/min | ROC | ft/min | MACH | ROD | ft/min | ROD | ft/min | MCS | kts | Distance | m | |
| MTOW | 1300013,000 kg <br />13 tonnes <br /> kg | Ceiling | FL120 | ROD | ft/min | APC | |||||||||||||
| WTC | M | Range | 800800 nm <br />1,481,600 m <br />1,481.6 km <br />4,860,892.392 ft <br /> NM | ||||||||||||||||
Accidents & Serious Incidents involving FREL
None on SKYbrary