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|caption = | |caption = D7M of 60 Regiment Aviation in service camouflauge. | ||
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==Operational History== | ==Operational History== | ||
Revision as of 03:16, 11 April 2024
| Matca D7M Taipan | |
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| D7M of 60 Regiment Aviation in service camouflauge. | |
| Role | Stealth attack helicopter |
| National origin |  Meridon
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| Manufacturer | Matca Aerospace |
| First flight | 14 August 2018 |
| Introduction | 17 August 2020 |
| Status | In limited service |
| Primary user |  Meridon Defense Forces
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| Produced | 2019-present |
| Number built | 75 initial production, 10 pre-production |
| Unit cost |
52.2 million MD (D7M A)
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The Matca D7M Taipan is a Meridonian twin-turboshaft, two seat, tailwheel-configured, coaxially-bladed, NOTAR-equipped stealth attack helicopter, created by Matca as a replacement for the venerable but aging D6M Adder platform, which while extremely reliable was not able to be built upon with further modifications as required of the next-generation battlefield. Utilizing a number of significant design advances in its design and a number of redundancies, the Adder, while considerably more expensive than the variant it is replacing, is remarkably more capable.
Development
Design
Operational History
Variants
Operators
Current Operators
Former Operators
Specifications (D7M)
General Characteristics
- Crew: 2 (pilot, copilot/gunner (CPG)
- Length: 48.5 ft (14.8m)
- Width: 6.6 ft (2m)
- Height: 12.1 ft (3.7m)
- Rotor Height: 14.7 ft (4.48m)
- Wingspan: 15 ft (4.6m)
- Empty Weight: 7,441.9 lbs (3,375 Kgs)
- Max Takeoff Weight: 14,839.7 lbs (6,730 Kgs)
- Powerplant: 2x Regnault-Dawson HMA23 Turboshaft Engines (2,300 HP / 1,715.11 kW each)
- Fuel Capacity: 4,354.1 lbs (1,975 Kgs)
- Rotor Diameter: (x2 - Coaxial) 39.7 ft (12.11m)
- Main Rotor Area: 2,479.57 ft2 (230.36 m2)
Performance
- Maximum Speed: 230 knots (425.96 Km/H / 264.67 MPH)
- Service Ceiling: 17,290' ft (5,270m)
- Rate of Climb: 34 seconds @ 2,012 feet per minute (10.23 M/Sec)
- Wing Loading: 100 lb/sq ft (492 kg/m2)
- Thrust/Weight: 509.69 HP/Ton (0.50 kW/Kg)
- Disc Loading @ MTOW: 5.98 Lbs/sq ft (29.21 Kg/m2)
- Cruise Performance: 620 nmi (1,148.24 Km / 713.48 miles) in 3 hours 50 minutes @ 160 knots (296.62 Km/H / 184 MPH)
- Maximum Performance: 290 nmi (537.08 Km / 333.72 miles) in 1 hour, 15 minutes @ 230 knots (425.96 Km/H / 264.67 MPH)
Armament
- Guns: 1 × Type 97 20mm cannon with 650 rounds
- Payload: 4x internal hardpoints and 6x external hardpoints, capacity up to TBD lbs
Avionics
- AE-161D radar warning reciever
- AO-62 electro-optical distributed aperture system (EO-DAS)
- AE-202 Electronic Warfare/ Defensive Electronic Countermeasures System
- AO-340 electro-optical targeting and designation system
- AW-220 integrated millimeter radar
