Bell UH-1Y Venom

what is it?

The Bell UH-1Y Venom (also called Super Huey) is a twin-engine, 4-blade, medium-sized utility helicopter built by Bell Textron under the H-1 upgrade program of the United States Marine Corps. One of the latest members of the numerous Huey family, the UH-1Y is also called "Yankee" for the NATO phonetic alphabet pronunciation of its variant letter. Bell was originally to produce UH-1Ys by rebuilding UH-1Ns, but ultimately used new built airframes.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 turboshaft engines · 14.9 m main rotor

base stats

• speed 304 km/htop speed
• size 8,392 kgmax take-off weight
• built 160made 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 25 years ago, in 2001.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.3× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Rotor of 14.9 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

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

spec sheet

first flight

2001

introduced

2008

status

still flying

number built

160

role

utility helicopter

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Bell Aircraft Corporation

engines

2× General Electric T700-GE-401C

crew

2

length

17.8 m

rotor diameter

14.9 m

height

4.5 m

max take-off weight

8,392 kg

top speed

304 km/h

cruise speed

293 km/h

range

—

ceiling

6,096 m

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

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