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Sirius Software HellVortex Helicopter Specifications

Type: Twin-engine Assault/Rescue Helicopter 

Crew: 2 (Pilot, Co-pilot/Gunner) 

Capacity: 8 troops or 2000 kg of cargo 

Length: 32 m (including rotors) 

Height: 6.4 m 

Wingspan: 16.0 m (45 degrees swept stub wings for armament and added lift)

 Power plant: 2 x Hellshaft composite turboshaft/turbojet engines, 3200 kW shaft + 16 thrust kN each with vectored thrust nozzles

 Body: Titanium alloy and carbon fiber composite

 Rotor diameter: 20 m (5-blade main rotor), 4 m (14-blade tail side ducted fan for anti-torque) 

Armament:

1 x 20 mm rotary cannon (chin turret)

2 x door-mounted 7.62 mm machine guns

2 x 30 mm fixed recoil compensated autocannons (wing root-mounted)

2 x 80 mm rocket pods (wing root-mounted)

6 x hard points for missiles (wing-mounted)

Armor: 64 mm Titanium composite armor plating Landing gear: Retractable tricycle landing gear with shock absorbers

Design Features:

Matte black radar-absorbent stealth coating

Ceramic turbine heat shielding for infrared signature reduction

Full flat panel design for reduced radar cross-section

Performance

Maximum speed: 440 km/h 

Cruising speed: 340 km/h 

Range: 800 km (combat), 1200 km (ferry) 

Service ceiling: 6400 m

Hellshaft Engines:

Type: Twin-spool turboshaft with thrust vectoring of exhaust gases through after burning nozzles

 Power output: 3200 kW shaft + 16 kN thrust each 

Fuel type: JP-8 jet fuel 

Specific fuel consumption: 0.3 kg/kW/hr (shaft), 0.8 kg/kN/hr (thrust)

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