Specifications .28Merlin HM1.29 AgustaWestland AW101

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the shovel-shaped berp rotor blade tips of raf merlin hc3


data jane s world s aircraft 2003–2004, agustawestland


general characteristics



crew: 3–4
capacity:

26 troops (38 passengers) or 5 tonnes of payload or 4 stretchers (with sonar removed) merlin hm1;
30 seated troops or 45 standing equipped combat troops, or 3,050 kg (6,724 lb) of internal payload, 5,520 kg (12,169 lb) of external payload, or 16 stretchers aw101
length: 19.53 m-fuselage length (64 ft 1 in)
rotor diameter: 18.59 m (61 ft 0 in)
height: 6.62 m (21 ft 8¾ in)
disc area: 271.51 m² (2,992.5 ft²)
empty weight: 10,500 kg (23,149 lb)
max. takeoff weight: 14,600 kg (32,188 lb)
powerplant: 3 × rolls-royce turbomeca rtm322-01 turboshafts, 1,566 kw (2,100 shp) (take-off power) each

performance



never exceed speed: 309 km/h (167 knots, 192 mph)
cruise speed: 278 km/h (150 knots, 167mph)
range: 833 km (450 nmi, 517 mi)
endurance: 5 hours
service ceiling: 4,575 m (15,000 ft)

armament



bombs: 4× sting ray homing torpedoes or depth charges

avionics



smiths industries omi 20 sep dual-redundant digital automatic flight control system
navigation systems:

bae systems lins 300 ring laser gyro, litton italia lisa-4000 strapdown ahrs


radar:

selex galileo blue kestrel 5000 maritime surveillance radar


ecm

racal orange reaper esm


sonar

thomson marconi sonar aqs-903 acoustic processor
active/passive sonobuoys
thomson sintra flash dipping sonar array






^ jackson 2003, pp. 233–238.
^ aw101. archived 6 january 2012 @ wayback machine. agustawestland, retrieved: 4 july 2014.
^ cite error: named reference iapr22 p125 invoked never defined (see page).
^ aw101 (eh101) merlin / cormorant medium-lift military helicopter - army technology . army-technology.com. retrieved 23 july 2015. 
^ eh101 merlin . deagel.com. retrieved 9 april 2016. 
^ agustawestland aw101/ eh industries eh101 merlin - medium lift / multirole helicopter - page 2 of 2 . militaryfactory.com. retrieved 23 july 2015. 
^ merlin mk1 . royal navy. archived original on 31 december 2011. retrieved 4 january 2012. 






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