Super Puma

Super Puma
- Multi-Purpose Helicopter -

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ORIGIN: (Real World)
France

Variants: (Real World)
AS 331
AS 332A
AS 332B
AS 332B1
AS 332C
AS 332C1
AS 332F
AS 332F1
AS 332L
AS 332L1
AS 332L2 Super Puma Mk 2
AS 332M
AS 332M1
NAS 332

OPERATORS:
Leasath Army

GAMES FEATURED IN:
Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception

SPECIFICATIONS:
Crew: 2
Capacity: 24
Length: 16.3 m (53 ft 5 in)
Rotor diameter: 15.6 m (51 ft 2 in)
Height: 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in)
Disc area: 191 m² (2,056 ft²)
Empty weight: 4,460 kg (9,812 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 8,600 kg (18,940 lb)
Powerplant: 2× Turbomeca Makila 1A2 turboshaft, 1,357 kW (1,819 shp) each
Maximum speed: 278 km/h (150 kts)
Cruise speed: 262 km/h (141 kts)
Range: 831 km (519 mi)
Service ceiling: 7,200 m (23,622 ft)

Background:
The Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma is a four-bladed, twin-engine, medium-size utility helicopter marketed for both civil and military use. Originally designed and built by Aérospatiale, it is an enlarged and re-engined version of the original Aérospatiale Puma. The Super Puma first flew on 13 September 1978.

The type has proved immensely successful, chosen by 37 military forces around the world, and some 1,000 civil operators.[citation needed] The Super Puma has proved especially well-suited to the North Sea oil industry, where it is used to ferry personnel and equipment to and from oil platforms. In civilian configuration it can seat approximately 18 passengers and two crew, though since the early 2000s most oil companies have banned use of the middle-rear seat reducing effective capacity to 17+2. This down-rating is due to difficulties encountered in evacuating through the rear-most windows in crashes at sea. A wide variety of specialised military variants are in use, including dedicated Search and rescue and ASW versions. Since 1990, military Super Pumas have been marketed as the AS532 Cougar.

SOURCES:
Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception
Wikipedia.org

ACCREDITATION:
Article Edited/Updated By: Berserker