page_title: Bell CH-146 Griffon
section_title: Specifications (CH-146)
hierarchical_section_title: Bell CH-146 Griffon / Specifications (CH-146)
caption_attribution_description: English: Pilot's chair, CH-146 Griffon.
context_page_description: The Bell CH-146 Griffon is a multi-role utility helicopter of the Huey family, designed by Bell Helicopter Textron as a variant of the Bell 412EP for the Canadian Armed Forces. The CH-146 is used in a wide variety of roles, including aerial firepower, reconnaissance, search and rescue and aero-mobility tasks.
  It has a crew of three, can carry up to ten troops and has a cruising speed of 220–260 km/h.
context_section_description: Data from Department of National Defence
  General characteristics
  Crew: 3 (pilot, co-pilot, and flight engineer)
  Capacity: 10 troops or 6 stretchers (some sources state maximum 8 passengers)
  Length: 56 ft 1 in (17.09 m)
  Height: 15 ft 1 in (4.60 m)
  Max takeoff weight: 11,900 lb (5,398 kg)
  Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6T-3D turboshaft engines, 1,250 shp (930 kW)   
  900 shp (671 kW) single power section emergency power
  Main rotor diameter:  46 ft 0 in (14.02 m)
  Main rotor area: 1,662 sq ft (154.4 m²) 
  Blade sections: - root Boeing VR-7 ; tip Wortmann FX 71-H-080
  Performance
  Maximum speed: 139 kn (160 mph, 257 km/h)
  Cruise speed: 118 kn (136 mph, 219 km/h)
  Range: 354 nmi (407 mi, 656 km)
  Armament
  7.62 mm C6 general purpose machine gun (GPMG) optionally mounted in one or both doors
  7.62 mm Dillon Aero M134D "Minigun" optionally mounted in one or both doors
  .50 Cal (12.7 mm) GAU-21, as part of Interoperable Griffon Reconnaissance Escort Surveillance System (INGRESS) project.
  Removable armour to protect crew and cabin area occupants from small arms fire and fragmentation.
  Avionics
  WESCAM 16TD-A Thermal Imaging System (TIS) stabilized camera system
  Crew equipped with Generation III Image Intensification (II) Night Vision
  CMC Electronics CMA-2082A Flight Management System
caption: Copilot's position
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