Eurocopter EC725 Cougar
Eurocopter EC725 Cougar is a multi-purpose helicopter created by Eurocopter. First took off in November 2000.
In service:
France, Brazil, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mexico, Thailand,
Specifications:
- Number of crew members: 1-2
- The maximum number of passengers: 29
- Payload: 5555kg
- Length: 19.5m
- Fuselage Length: 16.79m
- Rotor Diameter: 16.2m
- Tail rotor diameter: 3.15m
- The largest fuselage width: 2.0m
- Height: 4.97m
- The area swept by the rotor: 206,12 sq.m
- Base chassis: 5.25m
- Track: 3.0m
- Empty Weight: 5445kg
- The highest take-off weight: 11000kg
- with suspended load: 11200kg
- Powerplant: 2 × Turboshaft TurbomecaMakila2A
- Engine power: 2 × 2101l.s. (2 × 1567kw)
- Cargo compartment length: 7.87m
- Cargo compartment width: 1.8m
- Cargo compartment height: 1.45m
- Net volume of the cargo compartment: 15.0 sq.m
- Maximum allowable speed: 315km / h
- Echelon Speed: 296km / h
- Practical range: 1450km (without additional tanks)
- Ferry range: 1852km
- Flight Duration: 6.5h
- Disk load: 53.4 kg / sq.m (with the highest take-off weight)
- Thrust-weight ratio: 285W / kg (at the highest take-off weight without suspension)
Combat radius:
when transporting 19 soldiers (110kg): 463km
when searching for 30 minutes above the marine area of the sea and fuel supply for 30 minutes of flight: 389 km
Small arms:
- 2 × 20mm guns 180 shells per barrel and/or
- 2 × 7.69mm machine gun 1000 rounds per barrel
- Unguided rockets: 2 × 19 × 68mm rockets
