Bell CH-146 Griffon

what is it?

The Bell CH-146 Griffon is a multi-role utility helicopter designed by Bell Helicopter Textron as a variant of the Bell 412EP for the Canadian Armed Forces. It is used in a wide variety of roles, including aerial firepower, reconnaissance, search and rescue and aero-mobility tasks. The CH-146 has a crew of three, can carry up to ten troops and has a cruising speed of 220 km/h (120 kn; 140 mph).

🔎How to recognise it: 1 turboshaft engine · 14 m main rotor

base stats

• speed 259 km/htop speed
• range 656 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 10passengers
• size 5,398 kgmax take-off weight
• built 100made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 34 years ago, in 1992.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.0× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Rotor of 14 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

turboshaft: A turbine that turns a shaft, usually a helicopter rotor.

spec sheet

first flight

1992

introduced

1995

status

still flying

number built

100

role

utility helicopter

origin

🇨🇦 Canada

makers

Bell Textron

engines

1× Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6T-3D Twin-Pac

crew

3

passengers

10

length

17.1 m

rotor diameter

14 m

height

4.6 m

max take-off weight

5,398 kg

top speed

259 km/h

cruise speed

219 km/h

range

656 km

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

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