UH-1 Huey by https://padlet.com/devin_sargent_02/7qq227szfnqo Devin Sargent en-us 2019-03-26 15:17:30 UTC 2019-04-08 15:24:47 UTC hello@padlet.com Primary Function devin_sargent_02 https://padlet.com/devin_sargent_02/7qq227szfnqo/wish/345313537 The UH-1 Huey was designed as a utility helicopter by Bell Helicopter Textron in the 1950's, and it was heavily used during the Vietnam war to get troops in and out of areas of heavy resistance and to resupply troops already on the ground.]]> 2019-03-26 15:24:17 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_sargent_02/7qq227szfnqo/wish/345313537 Dimensions devin_sargent_02 https://padlet.com/devin_sargent_02/7qq227szfnqo/wish/345314758 Length|57.3 feet(17.46m)
Height|14.9 feet (4.54m)
Rotor Diameter|48 feet(14.62m) ]]> 2019-03-26 15:26:24 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_sargent_02/7qq227szfnqo/wish/345314758 Capabilities devin_sargent_02 https://padlet.com/devin_sargent_02/7qq227szfnqo/wish/345316466 Speed|121 knots (139.15 miles per hour) at sea level
Ceiling|14,200 feet (4331 meters)
(limited to 10,000 feet (3050 meters) by oxygen requirements)
Maximum takeoff weight|10,500 pounds (4,767 kilograms)
Range |172 nautical miles (197.8 miles) ]]> 2019-03-26 15:29:21 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_sargent_02/7qq227szfnqo/wish/345316466 Armament devin_sargent_02 https://padlet.com/devin_sargent_02/7qq227szfnqo/wish/345318117 M-240 7.62mm machine gun or GAU-16 .50 caliber machine gun or GAU-17 7.62mm automatic gun
~All three weapons systems are crew-served, and the GAU-2B/A can also be controlled by the pilot in the fixed forward firing mode. 
~The helicopter can also carry two 7-shot or 19-shot 2.75" rocket pods. 
]]> 2019-03-26 15:32:05 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_sargent_02/7qq227szfnqo/wish/345318117 Primary Function (cont.) devin_sargent_02 https://padlet.com/devin_sargent_02/7qq227szfnqo/wish/345321351 Considered to be the most widely used helicopter in the world, with more than 9,000 produced from the 1950s to the present. Over 5,000 were used in the Vietnam war.]]> 2019-03-26 15:37:52 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_sargent_02/7qq227szfnqo/wish/345321351 devin_sargent_02 https://padlet.com/devin_sargent_02/7qq227szfnqo/wish/349548628 2019-04-08 15:16:15 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_sargent_02/7qq227szfnqo/wish/349548628 Realiability devin_sargent_02 https://padlet.com/devin_sargent_02/7qq227szfnqo/wish/349552702 The UH-1 Huey was a very reliable machine that was a favorite among troops. These are still in use by Israel to this day ]]> 2019-04-08 15:23:06 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_sargent_02/7qq227szfnqo/wish/349552702