Specifications (UH-60L) edit
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Data from Encyclopedia of Modern Warplanes,[1] US Army Fact File,[2] International Directory,[3] Black Hawk[4]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2 pilots (flight crew) with 2 crew chiefs/gunners
- Capacity: 2,640 lb of cargo internally, including 14 troops or 6 stretchers, or 8,000 lb (UH-60A) or 9,000 lb (UH-60L) of cargo externally
- Length: 64 ft 10 in ([convert: unknown unit])
- Wingspan: 53 ft 8 in (16.36 m)
- Height: 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m)
- Wing area: 2,260 sq ft (210 m2)
- Empty weight: 10,624 lb (4,819 kg)
- Gross weight: 22,000 lb (9,980 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 23,500 lb (10,660 kg)
- Powerplant: 2 × General Electric T700-GE-701C turboshaft, 1,890 hp (1,410 kW) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 183 mph (295 km/h, 159 kn)
- Cruise speed: 173 mph (278 km/h, 150 kn)
- Never exceed speed: 222 mph (357 km/h, 193 kn)
- Combat range: 368 mi (592 km, 320 nmi)
- Ferry range: 1,380 mi (2,220 km, 1,200 nmi) with ESSS stub wings and external tanks[4]
- Service ceiling: 19,000 ft (5,790 m)
- Rate of climb: 700 ft/min (3.6 m/s)
- Wing loading: 7.19 lb/sq ft (35.4 kg/m2)
- Power/mass: 0.192 hp/lb (158 W/kg)
Armament
- Guns:
- 2× 7.62 mm (0.30 in) M240H machine guns[5] or
- 2× 7.62 mm (0.30 in) M134 minigun[4] or
- 2× .50 in (12.7 mm) GAU-19 gatling guns[4]
- Can be equipped with VOLCANO minefield dispersal system.[4] See UH-60 Armament Subsystems for more information.
- ESSS stub wings can be equipped with
- ^ a b Gunston, Bill (1995). The Encyclopedia of Modern Warplanes. London: Aerospace Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-56619-908-5.
- ^ Black Hawk fact file. US Army.
- ^ Frawley, Gerald. The International Directory of Military Aircraft, 2002/2003. Aerospace Publications, 2002. ISBN 1-875671-55-2.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Tomajczyk 2003, pp. 11, 14–15.
- ^ "Self-Defense Armament Subsystem M240H Aviation Machine Gun" (PDF). U.S. Army PEO Soldier. Retrieved 22 November 2010.