Specifications (Belvedere HC.1)
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General characteristics
- Crew: 3
- Capacity:
- 19 fully equipped troops or
- 12 stretchers with two seated wounded and a medical attendant
- Payload: 6,000 lb (2,700 kg)
- Length: 54 ft 4 in (16.56 m)
- Rotor diameter: 48 ft 11 in (14.9 m)
- Height: 17 ft 0 in (5.18 m)
- Disc area: 3,270 sq ft (303.9 m²)
- Empty weight: 11,350 lb (5,159 kg)
- Max. takeoff weight: 19,000 lb (8,600 kg)
- Powerplant: 2 × Napier Gazelle turboshaft, 1,465 hp (1,092 kW) each
Performance
- Cruise speed: 138 mph (120 knots, 222 km/h)
- Range: 460 mi (400 nmi, 720 km)
- Service ceiling: 12,000 ft (3,660 m)
- Rate of climb: 850 ft/min (4.3 m/s)
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