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BELL AH-1 Cobra
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| Name | AH-1 Cobra | |||||||||||
| Manufacturer | BELL | |||||||||||
| Wing | Rotary | |||||||||||
| Position | Two-blade main rotor | |||||||||||
| Tail | Two-blade tail rotor | |||||||||||
| WTC | Light | |||||||||||
| Type code | H1T | |||||||||||
| Engine | Turboshaft | |||||||||||
| Engine count | Single | |||||||||||
| Position | Behind cabin | |||||||||||
| Landing gear | Skids | |||||||||||
| Mass group | 3 | |||||||||||
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BELL AH-1 Cobra
Description
The AH-1 Cobra (company designation: Bell 209) is a two-bladed, single engine attack helicopter manufactured by Bell. It shares a common engine, transmission and rotor system with the older UH-1 Iroquois. The AH-1 is also referred to as the HueyCobra or Snake.
Technical Data
| Wing span | 13.6 m44.619 ft <br /> |
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| Length | 16.1 m52.822 ft <br /> |
| Height | 4.1 m13.451 ft <br /> |
| Powerplant | 1 x Lycoming T53-L-703 turboshaft, 1,800 shp (1,300 kW) |
| Engine model | Lycoming T53 |
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 | 180 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 | 63506,350 kg <br />6.35 tonnes <br /> kg | Ceiling | FL110 | ROD | ft/min | APC | |||||||||||||
| WTC | L | Range | 310310 nm <br />574,120 m <br />574.12 km <br />1,883,595.802 ft <br /> NM | ||||||||||||||||
Accidents & Serious Incidents involving HUCO
None on SKYbrary