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Specifications:
Rotor diameter 37 feet Length 32.5 feet Width 7.5 feet Height 9 feet 11 inches Empty weight 1996 pounds Max weight 2950 pounds Powerplant Lycoming VO-540 B1B3 280 HP (5 min limit) 220HP continuous Performance: Never exceed 105 mph Normal cruise 80 mph Max climb 1450 ft/min Range 320 miles Ceiling 14,500 feet Fuel flow 15 Gal/Hr.
Armament 2 or 4 30-cal Browning machine guns or 2 M60 mounted on the skids. Rockets, misc. missiles and grenade tubes were also used. A door gunner with a single M60 proved to be the most useful in combat.
The OH-13 is credited with saving 20,000 lives during the Korean conflict as the first practical Medevac helicopter. About 5000 were built and many are still in use as crop dusters, private aircraft and trainers.
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