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Configuration
| Specification | Changhe Z-8 | Mitsubishi RP-1 |
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| Type | Transport helicopter[source] | Experimental twin-engined helicopter[source] |
| National origin | China[source] | Japan[source] |
| Manufacturer | Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation[source] | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries[source] |
| Status | In service[source] | — |
Height
Single source4.30 m (14 ft 1.25 in)[source]
2 × Mitsubishi MG-5 Turboshaft each
Single source2 × Mitsubishi MG-5 Turboshaft , 447 kW (600 hp) each[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Primary user |
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See Operators[source] |
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| Manufactured | 1989–present[source] | — |
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| Introduction date | 5 August 1989[source] | — |
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| First flight | 11 December 1985[source] | 14 September 1994[source] |
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| Developed from | Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon[source] | Sikorsky S-76[source] |
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| Variants | Avicopter AC313 Changhe Z-18[source] | — |
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| Number built | — |
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| Developed into | — | Mitsubishi MH2000[source] |
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