| Bell AH-1 Cobra |
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| Contractor: Bell Helicopter TEXTRON, Inc. (Prime), General Electric, Kollsman Inc. Power Plant: · Two General Electric T700-GE-401 Turboshaft engines · Each engine delivers 1,690 horsepower. Accommodations: · Two seats, in tandem (pilot in rear, copilot/gunner in front) Performance: · Climb rate: 1,925 feet per minute · Maximum altitude: 14,750 feet · Maximum attainable speed: 170 knots (195 mph) · Maximum cruising speed: 152 knots (173 mph) Countermeasures: · AN/ALE-39 Chaff system and SUU-4/1 Flare dispensers Armament: · One M197 three barrel 20 mm gun (mounted under the nose with 750 round ammo container) · Underwing attachments for four TOW missiles, eight Hellfire missiles, or one AIM-9L Sidewinder missile · Can also be equipped with Zuni rocket launchers |
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| External Dimensions Main rotor diameter 14.63 m Main rotor blade chord 00.84 m Tail rotor diameter 02.97 m Tail rotor blade chord 00.305 m Distance between rotor centers 08.89 m Wing span 03.28 m Wing aspect ratio 03.74 Length: overall, rotors turning 17.68 m Length: fuselage 13.87 m Width overall 03.28 m Height (to top of rotor head) 04.11 m Overall height 04.44 m Ground clearance, main rotor, turning 02.74 m Elevator span 02.11 m Width over skids 02.24 m Areas Main rotor blades (each) 006.13 m2 Tail rotor blades (each) 000.45 m2 Main rotor disc 168.11 m2 Tail rotor disc 006.94 m2 Vertical fin 002.01 m2 Horizontal tail surfaces 001.41 m2 |
| Weights and Loadings Weight empty 004.634 kg Mission fuel load (usable) 946 kg Maximum useful load (fuel and disposable ordinance) 002.065 kg Maximum Takeoff and landing weight 006.690 kg Maximum disc loading 039.80 kg/m2 Maximum power loading 004.42 kg/kW Performance (At Maximum T-O weight, ISA) Never exceed speed (Vne) 190 knots Maximum level speed at S/L 152 knots Rate of climb at S/L, OEI 244 m/minute Service ceiling More than 4,720 m Service ceiling, OEI More than 3,660 m Hovering ceiling IGE 4, 495 m OGE 915 m Range at S/L with standard fuel, no reserves 317 nm |
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