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Measured figures
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]
Z-9B · 2 × Zhuzhou Aeroengine Factory WZ-8A turboshaft each
Single source2 × Zhuzhou Aeroengine Factory WZ-8A turboshaft, 632 kW (848 hp) each[source]
F28F · Service ceiling
Single source12,000 ft (3,700 m)[source]
Z-9B · Hovering ceiling in ground effect
Single sourceZ-9B · Hovering ceiling out of ground effect
Single sourceZ-9B · Service ceiling
Single source4,500 m (14,800 ft) Hovering ceiling in ground effect: 2,600 m (8,500 ft) Hovering ceiling out of ground effect: 1,600 m (5,200 ft)[source]
F28F · 1,450 ft/min (
Single source1,450 ft/min (7.4 m/s)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Configuration
| Specification | Enstrom F-28 | Harbin Z-9 |
|---|---|---|
| Crew | one[source] | 1 or 2 pilots[source] |
| Type | Light helicopter[source] | Medium multi-purpose utility helicopter[source] |
| Manufacturer | Enstrom Helicopter Corporation[source] | Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation[source] |
| Manufactured | 1965-present[source] | 1981–present[source] |
| Introduction date | 1965[source] | 1994[source] |
| Variants | Enstrom TH180 Spitfire Mark I[source] | — |
| Developed into | Enstrom 480[source] | — |
| Capacity | two passengers[source] | 10 passengers or 1,900 kg (4,189 lb) payload internal, 1,600 kg (3,527 lb) payload slung[source] |
| Main rotor area | 804 sq ft (74.7 m 2 ) NACA 0013.5[source] | 111.98 m 2 (1,205.3 sq ft) swept area[source] |
| Country of origin | Vereinigte Staaten[source]Country of design · Entwurfsland | — |
| National origin | — | China[source] |
| Status | — | In service[source] |
| Primary users | — | People's Liberation Army Ground Force Pakistan Naval Air Arm[source] |
| Number built | — | 200+[source] |
| First flight | — | 1981[source] |
| Developed from | — | Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin[source] |
| Variant | — | Harbin Z-19[source] |
| Guns | — | two fixed 23 mm Type 23-2 (AM-23) cannon on attack variants.[source] |
| Hardpoints | — | Pylons for rockets, gun pods, ET52 torpedo , HJ-8 anti-tank missiles, or TY-90 air-to-air missiles.[source] |