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|name = Matca D7M Taipan | |name = Matca D7M Taipan | ||
|image = Image: | |image = Image:Taipan_painted.png | ||
|caption = | |caption = D7M of 60 Regiment Aviation in service camouflauge. | ||
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|type = {{wpl|Stealth helicopter|Stealth}}<br>{{wpl|attack helicopter}} | |type = {{wpl|Stealth helicopter|Stealth}}<br>{{wpl|attack helicopter}} | ||
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|introduced = 17 August 2020 | |introduced = 17 August 2020 | ||
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|status = In | |status = In service | ||
|primary user = [[Image:MDF_triservice.png|border|22px]] [[Meridon Defense Forces]] | |primary user = [[Image:MDF_triservice.png|border|22px]] [[Meridon Defense Forces]] | ||
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==Design== | ==Design== | ||
==Operational History== | ==Operational History== | ||
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==Operators== | ==Operators== | ||
===Current Operators=== | ===Current Operators=== | ||
* {{flag|Meridon}}- | * {{flag|Meridon}} | ||
* {{flag|Joseon}} | |||
** {{naval|Joseon}} | |||
*** {{navy|Joseon}} - 72x D7M A on order for its Marine Corps. | |||
===Former Operators=== | ===Former Operators=== | ||
Revision as of 01:59, 3 September 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 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
- Meridon
Joseon
Royal Joseon Navy
Royal Joseon Marine Corps - 72x D7M A on order for its Marine Corps.
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
