MH-53E SEA DRAGON 1/48
Scale: 1/48
Brand: ACADEMY
Item # 12703

The newest military version of Sikorsky's H-53E/S80 series, the
MH-53E Sea Dragon, is the Western world's largest helicopter. The
MH-53E is used primarity for Airborne Mine Countermeasures
(AMCM), with a secondary job of shipboard delivery. In Iraq it is
being used in the combat assault mission. Additional mission
capabilities include air-to-air refueling, hover in-flight
refueling, search and rescue, and external cargo transport
operations, in both land and seaborne environments. The MH-53E
was derived from the CH-53E Super Stallion and is heavier and has
a greater fuel capacity than its ancestor.

The MH-53E was derived from the CH-53E Super Stallion and is
heavier and has a greater fuel capacity than its ancestor. The
MH-53s can operate from carriers and other warships. Sea Dragon
is capable of carrying up to 55 troops or a 16-ton payload 50
nautical miles or a 10-ton payload 500 nautical miles. The MH-53E
is capable of towing a variety of mine-sweeping countermeasures
systems, including the Mk 105 minesweeping sled, the ASQ-14
side-scan sonar, and the Mk 103 mechanical minesweeping system.

Info on original:


Contractor : Sikorsky Aircraft Division of United Technologies
Corp.
Date Deployed : First flight : Dec 23, 1981
Operational : June 1986.
Propulsion : Three General Electric T64-GE-419 turboshaft engines
(4,750 shaft horsepower each).
Length : Fuselage : 73 feet, 4 inches (22.35 meters) ; Overall :
99 feet 0 inches (30.18 meters).
Height : 28 feet 4 inches (8.64 meters).
Rotor Diameter : 79 feet (24.08 meters)
Weight : Max. Gross weight, w/ external load : 69,750 lbs (31,693
kg) Max. Gross weight, w/internal load : 69,750 lb (31,693 kg)
Empty weight : 36,745 lb (16,667 kg)
Airspeed : Max : 150 knots (278 km/hour)
Ceiling : 10,000 feet
Range : Max : 1050 nautical miles.
Crew : Two pilots, one aircrewman.
Load : 55 troops or 32,000 pounds (14,512 kg) cargo.