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Aircraft Details

Specifications - Agusta A109

General characteristics

 * Crew: 1 or 2 pilots
 * Capacity: 7/6 passengers
 * Length: 42 ft 9 in (13.04 m)
 * Rotor diameter: 36 ft 2 in (11.00 m)
 * Height: 11 ft 6 in (3.50 m)
 * Empty weight: 3,461 lb (2,000kg)
 * Max takeoff weight: 6,283 lb (2,850 kg - 3,000 kg (depending on version))
 * Powerplant: 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada 206C or Turbomeca Arrius 2K1 turboshafts, 567 hp or 571 hp (423 kW or 426 kW) each

Performance

 * Maximum speed: 177 mph (154 knots, 285 km/h)
 * Ferry range: 599 mi (521 NM, 964 km)
 * Service ceiling: 19,600 ft (6,000 m)
 * Rate of climb: 1,930 ft/min (9.8 m/s)

Armament

(Agusta A109 LUH only)

 * Guns: possibilities include 12.7 mm machine gun (250 rounds) in pod, pintle mounted 7.62 mm machine gun, door gunner post 12.7 mm machine gun
 * Missiles: possibilities include 2 TOW missile launchers (2 or 4 missiles each), unguided rockets in pods (2.75 in or 81 mm rockets with 7 or 12 tubes per pod), rocket/machine gun pod (70 mm X 3 rockets and 12.7 mm machine gun (200 rounds))

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