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The Wessex, which is nearing the end of its service, can carry twelve fully equipped troops or 3,500 lbs of freight. This helicopter equips squadrons in the UK and Cyprus. |
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Powerplant: Two Rolls-Royce Gnome 112/113 coupled turbines of 1,550shp. Rotor Diameter: 56ft (17.07m) Length: 48ft 4.5in (14.74m); rotors turning: 65ft 10.5in (20.09m) Max Speed: 132mph (212km/h) Accommodation: Crew of two and 16 troops. Recognition: Engines located in the nose with a front air intake and exhaust pipes below the cockpit, which is situated above the passenger cabin. Fuselage tapers gradually to the tail fin. Four-blade main rotor located behind and above the cockpit. Fixed undercarriage with large mainwheels either side of the cabin; tailwheel below the rear fuselage. Four-blade tail rotor on the port side of the fin. |
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