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Measured figures
Bell 412EP · 1 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6T-3D Twin-Pac or PT6T-3DF Twin-Pac coupled turboshaft engine - each, 1,250 shp (
Single source1 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6T-3D Twin-Pac or PT6T-3DF Twin-Pac coupled turboshaft engine - each, 1,250 shp (930 kW)[source]
Z-5 · 1 × Dongan HS-7 14-cylinder, two-row, air-cooled radial piston engine
Single source1 × Dongan HS-7 14-cylinder, two-row, air-cooled radial piston engine, 1,250 kW (1,680 hp)[source]
Bell 412EP · Service ceiling
Single source20,000 ft (6,100 m)[source]
Bell 412EP · 1,350 ft/min (
Single source1,350 ft/min (6.9 m/s)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Configuration
| Specification | Bell 412 | Harbin Z-5 |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Multipurpose utility helicopter[source] | Transport helicopter / Utility helicopter[source] |
| National origin | United States / Canada[source] | China[source] |
| Manufacturer | Bell Helicopter[source] | Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation[source] |
| Primary users | Japan Ground Self Defence Force See Operators for others[source] | — |
| Number built | 1,300+[source] | 558[source] |
| Manufactured | 1979–present[source] | — |
| Introduction date | 1981 ( 1981 )[source] | — |
| First flight | August 1979 ( 1979-08 )[source] | 14 December 1958[source] |
| Developed from | Bell 212[source] | Mil Mi-4[source] |
| Variant | Bell CH-146 Griffon[source] | Harbin/CHDRI Z-6[source] |
| Capacity | up to 13 passengers, maximum external load of almost 6,614 lb (3,000 kg)[source] | 1,200 kg (2,646 lb) normal payload, 1,550 kg (3,417 lb) maximum internal payload, 1,300 kg (2,866 lb) maximum slung payload.[source] |
| Fuselage length | 43 ft (13 m)[source] | — |
| Blade sections | root: Boeing VR-7; tip: Wortmann FX 71-H-080[source] | — |
| Main rotor area | 1,662 sq ft (154.4 m 2 )[source] | — |
| Power/mass | 0.2663 hp/lb (0.4378 kW/kg)[source] | — |
| Designer | — | Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant[source] |
| Status | — | In limited service with the Korean People's Air Force[source] |
| Primary user | — | China (historical)[source] |