GENERAL DATA
Country of Origin: USA.
Similar Aircraft: Hirundo A109, Lynx, UH-1 Iroquois, UH-1N Model 212.
Crew: One + observer.
Role: Utility, scout, observation.
Armament: 7.62-mm minigun.
Dimensions: Length: 31 ft (9.45 m). Rotor diameter: 33 ft, 4 in (10.16 m).
NOTES
The OH-58 Kiowa is a single-engine, single-rotor, two-bladed observation helicopter.
The crew consists of the pilot, pilot and copilot, pilot and gunner, or pilot and observer.
DESCRIPTION
Wings: Two-blade main rotor on top of aircraft midsection.
Engine(s): One engine on top rear of midsection in a hump-like fairing.
Fuselage: Oval body, pointed nose, and tapered rear section to a mid-mounted tail boom.
Tail: Mid-mounted, rectangular flats. Swept-back and tapered fin that is boomerang-shaped. Rotor on the left.
USER COUNTRIES
Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Guyana, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Libya, Morocco,
Nepal, Oman, North Yemen, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, USA, Venezuela.
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