Boeing AH-64 Apache
an American twin-turboshaft attack helicopter with a tailwheel-type landing gear arrangement and a tandem cockpit for a crew of two
General Characteristic
Performance
Armament
Avionic
General Characteristic
- Crew: 2 (pilot, and co-pilot/gunner)
- Length: 58 ft 2 in (17.73 m)
- Fuselage length: 49 ft 5 in (15.06 m)
- Height: 12 ft 8 in (3.87 m)
- Empty weight: 11,387 lb (5,165 kg)
- Gross weight: 17,650 lb (8,006 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 23,000 lb (10,433 kg)
- Powerplant:2 × General Electric T700-GE-701 turboshaft engines, 1,690 shp (1,260 kW) each (upgraded to 1,890 shp (1,409 kW) T700-GE-701C for AH-64A/D from 1990)
- Main rotor diameter:48 ft 0 in (14.63 m)
- Main rotor area:1,908.5 sq ft (177.31 m2) 4-bladed main-rotor and 4-bladed tail-rotor in non-orthogonal alignment
- Blade section:root: HH-02; tip: NACA 64A006
Performance
- Maximum speed: 158 kn (182 mph, 293 km/h)
- Cruise speed: 143 kn (165 mph, 265 km/h)
- Never exceed speed: 197 kn (227 mph, 365 km/h)
- Range: 257 nmi (296 mi, 476 km) with Longbow radar mast
- Combat range: 260 nmi (300 mi, 480 km)
- Ferry range: 1,024 nmi (1,178 mi, 1,896 km)
- Service ceiling: 20,000 ft (6,100 m)
- Disk loading: 8 lb/sq ft (48 kg/m2)
- Power/mass: 18 hp/lb (0.30 kW/kg)
Armament
- Guns:1× 30 mm (1.18 in) M230 Chain Gun with 1,200 rounds as part of the Area Weapon Subsystem
- Hardpoints:Four pylon stations on the stub wings. Longbows also have a station on each wingtip for an AIM-92 Stinger twin missile pack.
- Rockets:Hydra 70 70 mm, CRV7 70 mm, and APKWS 70 mm air-to-ground rockets
- Missiles:Typically AGM-114 Hellfire variants; AIM-92 Stinger and Spike missiles may also be carried.
Avionic
- Lockheed Martin/Northrop GrummanAN/APG-78 Longbow fire-control radar (Note: can only be mounted on the AH-64D/E)