Changhe Z-10

what is it?

The Changhe Z-10 (Chinese: 直-10; pinyin: Zhí-Shí; lit. 'helicopter-10') is a Chinese medium-weight, twin-turboshaft, attack helicopter built by the Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation for the People's Liberation Army Ground Force Aviation. Designed by 602nd Aircraft Design Institute of Aviation Industry Corporation of China and Kamov Design Bureau, the aircraft is intended primarily for antitank warfare missions with secondary air-to-air combat capability.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 turboshaft engines · 13 m main rotor

base stats

• speed 300 km/htop speed
• size 7,200 kgmax take-off weight

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 23 years ago, in 2003.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.3× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Rotor of 13 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

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

spec sheet

first flight

2003-04-29

introduced

2009

status

still flying

number built

—

role

attack helicopter

origin

🇨🇳 People's Republic of China

makers

Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation

engines

2× WZ-9C

crew

2

length

14.2 m

rotor diameter

13 m

height

3.9 m

max take-off weight

7,200 kg

top speed

300 km/h

cruise speed

230 km/h

range

—

ceiling

6,400 m

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