Specifications (UH-60L)
Data from Encyclopedia of Modern Warplanes,US Army Fact File, International Directory, Black Hawk
General characteristics
- Crew: 2 pilots (flight crew) with 2 crew chiefs/gunners
- Capacity: 2,640 lb (1,200 kg) of cargo internally, including 14 troops or 6 stretchers, or 8,000 lb (3,600 kg) (UH-60A) or 9,000 lb (4,100 kg) (UH-60L) of cargo externally
- Length: 64 ft 10 in (19.76 m)
- Fuselage width: 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m)
- Rotor diameter: 53 ft 8 in (16.36 m)
- Height: 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m)
- Disc area: 2,260 ft² (210 m²)
- Empty weight: 10,624 lb (4,819 kg)
- Loaded 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
- Never exceed speed: 193 knots (222 mph, 357 km/h)
- Maximum speed: 159 kt (183 mph, 295 km/h)
- Cruise speed: 150 kt (173 mph, 278 km/h)
- Combat radius: 368 mi (320 nmi, 592 km)
- Ferry range: 1,380 mi (1,200 nmi, 2,220 km) with ESSS stub wings and external tanks
- Service ceiling: 19,000 ft (5,790 m)
- Rate of climb: 1,315 ft/min (4.5 m/s)
- Disc loading: 7.19 lb/ft² (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 or
- 2 × 7.62 mm (0.30 in) M134 minigun or
- 2 × .50 in (12.7 mm) GAU-19 gatling guns
- Hardpoints: 4, 2 per ESSS stub wings and provisions to carry combinations of:
- Rockets: 70 mm (2.75 in) Hydra 70 rockets
- Missiles: AGM-114 Hellfire laser guided missiles
- Other: 7.62 mm (0.30 in), 20 mm (0.787 in), or 30 mm (1.18 in) M230 gunpods
- Bombs: Can be equipped with VOLCANO minefield dispersal system. See UH-60 Armament Subsystems for more information.
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