Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone

what is it?

The Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone is a twin-engine, multi-role shipborne helicopter developed by the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation for the Canadian Armed Forces. A military variant of the Sikorsky S-92, the CH-148 is designed for shipboard operations and replaced the CH-124 Sea King, which was in Canadian Armed Forces operation from 1963 to 2018. The Cyclone entered operational service with the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) in 2018 and now conducts anti-submarine warfare (ASW), surveillance, and search and rescue missions from Royal Canadian Navy frigates.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 turboshaft engines · 17.7 m main rotor

base stats

• speed 306 km/htop speed
• size 13.3 tmax take-off weight
• built 6made 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 18 years ago, in 2008.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Rotor of 17.7 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 2 African elephants (~6 t each).

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

spec sheet

first flight

2008-11-15

introduced

2018

status

still flying

number built

6

role

maritime helicopter

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation

engines

2× General Electric CT7-8A7

crew

4

length

17.1 m

rotor diameter

17.7 m

height

4.7 m

max take-off weight

13.3 t

top speed

306 km/h

cruise speed

254 km/h

range

—

ceiling

4,572 m

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

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