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Hughes Helicopters was a major manufacturer of military and civil helicopters from the 1950s to the 1980s.
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Hughes Helicopters was a major manufacturer of military and civilian helicopters from the 1950s to the 1980s.
The company began in 1947, as a unit of Hughes Aircraft, then was part of the Hughes Tool Company after 1955. It became the Hughes Helicopter Division,
Hughes Helicopters
In 1947, Howard Hughes redirected the Hughes Aircraft Company's efforts from airplanes to helicopters. The effort began in earnest in 1948, when helicopter manufacturer Kellett Autogiro Corporation sold their latest design to Hughes for production. The XH-17 "Sky Crane" first flew in October 1952, but was commercially unsuccessful. In 1955 the company began building light helicopters when Howard Hughes split the helicopter production unit from the Hughes Aircraft Co., and reconstituted it with the Hughes Tool Co. as the Hughes Tool Co. Aircraft Division, with a focus on the production of light helicopters.
Created in 1947
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Howard Hughes helicopters.
Howard Hughes: Commercial Helicopters
Hughes XH-17 1952 1 Experimental heavy-lift helicopter
Hughes 269 1956 2,800 Light utility helicopter
Hughes OH-6 Cayuse 1963 1,420 Light observation helicopter
Hughes 500 1963 4,700 Civilian version of Hughes OH-6
Hughes XV-9 1964 1 Experimental high speed helicopter
Hughes AH-64 Apache 1975 2,400 Attack helicopter
Hughes 500 Defender 1976 471 Military version of Hughes 500
Hughes MH-6 Little Bird Special operations forces version of Hughes OH-6
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Howard Hughes Helicopters
Historical Aircraft Manufacturer
MD Helicopters, LLC.
(formerly McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems
MD Helicopters, LLC. (formerly McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems) is an American aerospace manufacturer. It produces light utility helicopters for commercial and military use. The company was a subsidiary of Hughes Aircraft until 1984, when McDonnell Douglas acquired it and renamed it McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems. It later became MD Helicopters in 1999 after McDonnell
Products
MD 902 (German police)
(Under both McDonnell Douglas and MD Helicopters)
MD 500
MD 500 Defender
MD 520
MD 530
MD 600
MD Explorer
(Under McDonnell Douglas only)
AH-64 Apache - Product line transferred to Boeing Defense, Space & Security in 1998
MH-6 Little Bird - later under Boeing Rotorcraft Systems and now as Vertical Lift division of Boeing Defense, Space & Security
Howard Hughes helicopters
Boeing AH-64 Apache
Program Cost
- 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)
Production
- Max takeoff weight: (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: (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
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Blade section: root: HH-02;
tip: NACA 64A006
Planned role in fleet
- Maximum speed: 158 kn (182 mph, 293 km/h)
- Cruise speed: (165 mph, 265 km/h)
- Never exceed speed: 365 km/h)
- Range: 257 nmi (296 mi, 476 km) with Longbow radar mast
- Combat range: 260 nmi 480 km)
- Ferry range: 1,024 nmi, 1,896 km)
- Service ceiling: 20,000 ft (6,100 m)
Potential related projects
- 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; Air-to-Air Stinger (ATAS); AGM-65 Maverick and Spike missiles may also be carried