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The Changhe Z-10 (Chinese: 直-10; pinyin: Zhí-Shí; lit. 'helicopter-10') is a Chinese medium-weight, twin-turboshaft attack helicopter built by the Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation for the People's Liberation Army Ground Force.
Changhe employs 4300 employees in two production facilities with 1.29 million sq. metres and 0.22 million sq. metres of construction area. It has a joint venture with Agusta Helicopter (Jiangxi Changhe-Agusta Helicopter Co., Ltd) and relationship with Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation. [3]
China's AVIC displayed its Z-10 attack helicopter for the first time outside its home country at the Singapore Airshow - the only non-Western design on display in a year in which no Russian ...
The initial units of the army aviation corps used equipment transferred from the PLAAF, including mostly the first Chinese-made helicopter, the Harbin Z-5 (a version of the Mil Mi-4), the licensed-made Z-8 (a version of the French Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon) and the American-made S-70C "Black Hawk" purchased during the Sino-American thaw ...
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Harbin Z-8: License-built copy of the Turbomeca Turmo. WZ-8: Harbin Z-9, Harbin Z-19: Originally license-built copies of the Turbomeca Arriel turboshaft, many modified variants of this engine were made. WZ-9: 1,000 kW (1,300 shp) CAIC Z-10: Turboshaft engine for the Z-10 helicopter. WZ-9C: 1,200 kW (1,600 shp) [2] CAIC Z-10
1,000 kW (1,300 shp) Turboshaft engine for the Z-10 helicopter. WZ-9C 1,200 kW (1,600 shp) [ 2 ] upgraded turboshaft engine for the newer batches of the Z-10 helicopter.
It is designed to carry 18 passengers, has a reported maximum range of 1,050 kilometres, and a maximum takeoff weight of 13 tonnes. [ 4 ] It is equipped with three Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6B-67A engines, [ 4 ] the AC313 is a single-rotor helicopter with tail rotors, side-by-side pilot seating, and a non-retractable landing gear.