Monday 28 March 2011

HAL DHRUV Helicopter

HAL  DHRUV Helicopter





HAL Dhruv



Features Of Hal Dhruv


ORIGIN         India
MANUFACTURERS   HAL,India
TYPE   Advanced multi-roll attack helicopter
FLIGHT CREW   2
LENGTH  15.87 meters
MAIN ROTOR DIAMETER   13.20 meters
HEIGHT   49.28 meters
WEIGHT
         EMPTY   2502 kg
         MAXIMUM   5500 kg
USEFUL LOAD   2600 kg
SPEED   290 km/hr(maximum)
SERVICE CEILING   5990 meters
FUEL CAPACITY   1100 kg
ARMAMENTS
              1.Chin mounted,20 mm,3 barrel gun
              2.4 pylons ,able to carry 8 anti tank NAG missiles.
              3.Four 68 mm or 70 mm Rocket Pods.
                           or
                Four table launched air to air missiles.

DEFENSE   .RWR; jammers and flare dipensers.


 Development of HAL Dhruv



HAL Dhruv

HAL helicopter program was started back in November 1984 with the assistance from MBB in Germany.Although India introduced its first civil prototype,ALH(Z-3182) in 1992.But due to the changing demands of Indian army and shortage of Budget,the program get delayed for a long term followed by Indian nuclear test in 1998 which lead to US sanctions on India.

The helicopter than use the Turbomeca TM-333 2B2 engines named as Shakti engines.

This new variant of Dhruv using Shakti engine was named as Dhruv-WSI(Weapon system integrated and capable of carry anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles).






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