American Aircraft Penetrator
- American Aircraft Penetrator
Infobox Aircraft
name= American Aircraft Penetrator
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type= Experimental attack/transport helicopter
manufacturer= American Aircraft Corporation
first flight= 1991
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retired=
status= no further development
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developed from= Bell UH-1B "Iroquois"
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The American Aircraft Penetrator, also referred to as UH-1B Penetrator, was a helicopter gunship modified from the Bell UH-1B Iroquois with tandem seating for the pilots and a troop-carrying compartment.
Design and development
In 1990, Bell UH-1B Hueys were stripped down to the engine and transmission mounts with an armored composite structure added. The flight controls and seating were modified to tandem, with pilot in front and copilot at the rear. The third and fourth weapons operators were seated inside the main cabin to control the rearward-firing weapons. The outer fuselage contained stub wings, two glazed gun turrets/observation windows under each side of the engine with rear-facing 20mm gun turret under the fuselage, and two forward facing 12.7mm turrets under the cockpit. It had optional skid or retractable tricycle-type landing gear and a small tailskid. The prototype (N3080W ex U.S. Army 63-8508) used a 1300shp Avco Lycoming T52-L-13 turboshaft engine and had a gross take-off weight of 4280kg. First flight was October 1991.
The basic Penetrator is said to be air-to-air, air-to-ground, and ground-to-ground combat capable and using modified technologies, but has not received further development.
pecifications
References
* Simpson, R. "Airlife's Helicopter and Rotorcraft", 1998
* Ruzhitsky, E. I. "Helicopters", 1997
External links
* [http://www.aviastar.org/helicopters_eng/bell_penetrator.php "American Aircraft "Penetrator" at www.aviastar.org]
* [http://www.airliners.net/photo/Untitled/American-Aircraft-International/0439226&tbl=photo_info&photo_nr=65&prev_id=0346902&next_id=1041972 www.airliners.net]
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