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SIKORSKY MH-53 PAVE LOW IV
1967
 
HEAVY LIFT/UTILITY HELICOPTER
  
     
 
 
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SIKORSKY MH-53 PAVE LOW IV
 (Data for MH-53J)
CLASSIFICATION
CLASS :
 HEAVY LIFT/UTILITY HELICOPTER
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN :
 UNITED STATES
MANUFACTURER :
 Sikorsky Aircraft
FIRST FLIGHT :
 March 15, 1967
SERVICE DELIVERY :
 1969
NUMBER BUILT :
 72
   
SPECIFICATION
SPAN :
 ---
LENGTH :
 88 ft 3 in (26.90 m) Rotors Turning; 67 ft 2 in (20.47 m) - Excluding
 
 IFR Prove
HEIGHT :
 24 ft 11 in (7.60 m) Overall; 17 ft 1.5 in (5.22 m) Top of Rotor Head
ROTOR DIAMETER :
 72 ft 3 in (22.02 m)
WEIGHT EMPTY :
 23,569 lb (10691 kg)
WEIGHT LOADED :
 38,238 lbs (17344 kg)
WEIGHT MAX :
 42,000 lb (19051 kg)
ARMAMENT :
 Any Combination of 3 x 7.62 mm M134 Miniguns or .50 BMG M2
 
 Browning machine guns mounted on left and right sides and ramp
PAYLOAD :
 37-55 Troops
POWER PLANT :
 2 x General Electric T64-GE-7A turboshaft Engines, Rated at 3,936 shp
 
 (2935 kW)
CREW :
 6 - (2)Pilots, (2)Flight Engineers, & (2)Aerial Gunners
 
 
PERFORMANCE
MAXIMUM SPEED :
 196 mph (315 km/h) at Sea Level (Clean)
CLIMB RATE :
 2,070 ft/min (631 m/min)
RANGE :
 382 miles (615 km, 332 nmi)(with auxilary fuel)
SERVICE CEILING :
 20,400 ft (6220 m); 11,700 ft (3565 m) Hovering Ceiling
 
 
 
 
REFERENCES
  
 

Donald, David; Lake, Jon. The Encyclopedia of World Military Aircraft. New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 2000. ISBN 0-7607-2208-0.

  
 
     
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