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Measured figures
Z-11J · Width
Single source1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)[source]
Z-11J · 1 × Liming WZ-8 turboshaft engine for take-off
Single source1 × Liming WZ-8 turboshaft engine, 510 kW (680 hp) for take-off[source]
F28F · 1 × Lycoming HIO-360-F1AD four-cylinder, direct-drive, horizontally opposed, air-cooled, piston aircraft engine
Single source1 × Lycoming HIO-360-F1AD four-cylinder, direct-drive, horizontally opposed, air-cooled, piston aircraft engine, 225 hp (168 kW)[source]
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Configuration
| Specification | Changhe Z-11 | Enstrom F-28 |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Light utility helicopter[source] | Light helicopter[source] |
| National origin | China[source] | — |
| Manufacturer | Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation[source] | Enstrom Helicopter Corporation[source] |
| Status | Active, In production[source] | — |
| Primary user | People's Liberation Army Ground Force[source] | — |
| Manufactured | 1994-present[source] | 1965-present[source] |
| Introduction date | September 1998[source] | 1965[source] |
| First flight | 22 December 1994[source] | — |
| Developed from | Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil[source] | — |
| Capacity | 3 (reconnaissance variants) 6 (utility variants)[source] | two passengers[source] |
| Fuel capacity | 423 kg (933 lb) maximum[source] | — |
| Guns | 1× 7.62 mm (0.300 in) pintle mounted CS/LM12 six-barreled minigun 1× 40 mm (1.575 in) pintle mounted LG3 automatic grenade launcher 1× 23 mm (0.906 in) pylon mounted gun pod[source] | — |
| Hardpoints | 16[source] | — |
| Main rotor area | 89.8 m 2 (967 sq ft)[source] | 804 sq ft (74.7 m 2 ) NACA 0013.5[source] |
| Blade section | NACA 0012[source] | — |
| Hover ceiling IGE | 4,028 m (13,215 ft)[source] | — |
| Hover ceiling OGE | 3,369 m (11,053 ft)[source] | — |
| Rockets | Up to 2× 57 mm (2.244 in) unguided rocket pods[source] | — |
| Missiles | Up to 4× TL-2, AG-300/M , CM-502KG air-to-surface anti-tank / anti-ship missiles Up to 8× HJ-8 , HJ-10 air-to-surface missiles Up to 8× TY-90 air-to-air missiles Up to 8× SW-6 air deployable tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)[source] | — |
| Bombs | Up to 4× FT-9 or YZ-212D laser-guided precision bombs[source] | — |
| Variants | — | Enstrom TH180 Spitfire Mark I[source] |
| Developed into | — | Enstrom 480[source] |
| Country of origin | — | Vereinigte Staaten[source]Country of design · Entwurfsland |