As we all know, the full name of Apache helicopter is the Boeing AH-64 Apache helicopter gunship, and it is the military and gunship helicopter of the main force of the army in the United States at present, and it came and originated from the United States Army Projects—the Advanced Attack Helicopter in the last early seventies century, namely, the AAH Projects. Besides, it is also the successor and next military helicopter model of the AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter, and the Boeing AH-64 Apache helicopter gunship has already been widely spread and used by more than 13 countries and many areas in the world in the last few years including Japan and Chinese Taiwan as well as Israel. Thus, let’s learn something important about the main design features of Apache helicopter as follows.
The Apache helicopters have their own special rotor design, and the Four-blade main rotor system of the AH-64A originated from the flexible belt rotor system of previous Hughes OH-6 helicopter, which can be said the improved full-hinged rotor system. The hub and rotor blades and the rotor system of the AH-64D was connected and fixed by the V – shaped steel strip stacking brackets in paddle hub, which improved the practical performance of Apache helicopters.
Moreover, Apache helicopters have their own special protection design, and the Co-pilot and shooter position of the AH-64A lies in the front seat and the driving seat of it lies in the rear seat. Also, the pilots in any of these two seats can also do the flight control and weapon control and other operations, and these two seats are seperated from one another by the bullet-proof glass, which can effectively reduce and decrease the aimed rate of the pilots and decrease the damage and hurt.
Furthermore, Apache helicopters have their own special power design, and the AH-64A uses the general dynamics T-700-GE-701 turboshaft engine, which belongs to the improved model in the first stage of the T-700 series. Also, the total pressure rate of it is 17, and each engine can constantly output the max power of 1510 horsepower, and can also output the power of 1698 horsepower for around 30 minutes, and when it is in the emergency, it can output the power of 1723 horsepower for around 2.5 minutes. Also, its fuel consumption ratio is 78.7 ug/J, which improves its complete performances to some degree.
In addition, we really hope that all the important information mentioned above can be useful and helpful to all of you.