Hughes 500

The specifications given correspond to the modification of the MD 500E . Data source: Jane's ^[1] , MD 500E Technical Description, 2009. ^[2]

Specifications

• Crew : 1-2 pilots
• Passenger capacity: up to 5 passengers
• Length : 8.61 m
• Fuselage length: 7.49 m (with tail rotor)
• The diameter of the rotor : 8.05 m
• Tail rotor diameter: 1.37 m
• Height : 2.67 m (with tail rotor)
• Rotor swept area: 50.89 m²
• Track track: 1.91 m
• Empty weight: 672 kg
• Curb weight: 1 178 kg
• Normal take-off weight: 1,361 kg
• Maximum take-off weight : 1,610 kg
• Payload weight: 689 kg
• The mass of fuel in internal tanks: 183 kg
• Fuel tank capacity: 242 L
• Powerplant : 1 × Turboshaft Rolls-Royce 250-C20B
• Engine power: 1 × 420 hp (1 × 313 kW) Cargo compartment dimensions
• Length: 2.44 m
• Width: 1.31 m
• Height: 1.52 m

Flight characteristics

• Maximum allowable speed: 282 km / h
• Maximum speed:
  • at sea level: 248 km / h
  • at an altitude of 1,525 m: 245 km / h
• Cruising Speed :
  • at sea level: 239 km / h
  • at an altitude of 1,525 m: 228 km / h
• Practical range: 431 km (at sea level)
• Flight Duration: 2.8 hours
• Practical ceiling : 4,227 m
• Static ceiling :
  • using the effect of the earth: 2 590 m
  • without using the effect of the earth: 1 830 m
• Dynamic ceiling : 4,877 m
• Rate of climb : 8.9 m / s
• Disc load: 26.8 kg / m² (with normal take-off weight)
• Thrust-weight ratio: 191.6 W / kg (per transmission with maximum take-off weight)

Armament

• Suspension points: 2
• Guided missiles: for MH-6 and AH-6 helicopters: 4 pieces of BGM-71 TOW or 2xAGM-114 Hellfire or 2xAIM-92 Stinger
• Unguided rockets : Hydra 70

machine guns 2xM134 Minigun or 2xM2 caliber 0.50

Delivered to Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war . A total of 60 cars were transferred.

Hughes 500MD, armed with TOW ATGMs, were used by Israel in the 1982 invasion of Lebanon. There is a known case of the downing of an Israeli Hughes 500MD helicopter (b / n 0615) with fire from a 115-mm gun of the Syrian T-62 tank. Pilot Harel Halamish and the operator survived. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Modifications of the oh-6, ah-6 and mh-6 and md500 helicopter appear in the films: Blue Thunder, The Fall of the Black Hawk, Apocalypse today, Fire Birds. You can "fly" in a helicopter in the following games: Gunship 2000, Arma 2, Arma 3, Battlefield 4.

Military

•   USA - a number of MH-6 and AH-6 in army aviation, as well as in the service of special operations forces (SOCOM)

•   Argentina - 3 MD-500, 2 MD-500C and 4 MD-500D, as of 2016 ^[6]
•   Bahrain - 2 Hughes 500, as of 2016 ^[7]
•   Italy - 46 MD-500E (NH-500E) and 2 MD-500D (NH-500D), as of 2016 ^[8]
•   Kenya - 10 Hughes 500ME, 12 Hughes 500M, 10 Hughes 500MD and more than 2 Hughes 500D, the combat effectiveness of which is in question as of 2016 ^[9]
•   Costa Rica - 2 MD-500E, as of 2016 ^[10]
•   Guinea - 2 MD-500MD, as of 2016 ^[11]
•   Honduras - 2 Hughes 500, as of 2016 ^[12]
•   Colombia - 2 Hughes 500M and 2 MD-500D, as of 2016 ^[13]
•   Finland - 5 Hughes 500D and 2 Hughes 500E, as of 2016 ^[14]
•   DPRK - 80 Hughes 500D / E, the combat effectiveness of which is in question, as of 2016 ^[15]
•   Republic of Korea - 130 Hughes 500D and 45 MD-500, as of 2016 ^[16]
•   Mexico - 4 MD-500E, as of 2016 ^[17]
•   Spain - 9 Hughes 500MD, as of 2016 ^[18]
•   Pakistan - 130 Hughes 500D and 45 MD-500, as of 2016 ^[16]
•   Panama - 1 MD-500E, as of 2016 ^[19]
•   Turkey - 28 Hughes 300C, as of 2016 ^[20]
•   El Salvador - 8 MD-500E, as of 2016 ^[21]

Related developments

• Hughes OH-6 Cayuse

Analogs

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Lists

• Helicopter list

• MD 500 on the MD Helicopters website (unavailable link from 11/08/2013 [2219 days] - history , copy ) (eng.)
• Photos MD 500 Defander from Israeli Airforce Museum