Piasecki 16H Pathfinder

16H Pathfinder
Piasecki 16H-1 Pathfinder
Role Experimental high-speed helicopter
Manufacturer Piasecki Aircraft
First flight 21 February 1962 (16H-1)
15 November 1965 (16H-1A)[1]
Primary user United States Army



The Piasecki 16H was a series of compound helicopters produced in the 1960s. The first version of the Pathfinder, the -1 version, first flew in 1962. The similar but larger Pathfinder II, the 16H-1A, was completed in 1965.

Variants

Model 16H-1 Pathfinder 
one PWC PT6B-2 405 shp turboshaft engine
Model 16H-1A Pathfinder II 
larger version with one 1,250 shp (930 kW) T58-GE-8
Model 16H-1C Pathfinder III 
proposed conversion of the 16H-1A with one 1,500 shp (1,100 kW) T58-GE-5 [2]
Model 16H-3J 
nine-seat development, not built.

Specifications (16H-1A)

Piasecki's 16H-1A Pathfinder II

Data from U.S. Army Aircraft Since 1947[3]

General characteristics

Performance

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
Related lists

References

Notes
  1. Robb 2006, pp. 42-43
  2. Note: While some sources read as if this variant was completed and flown, Piasecki Aircraft's history site makes no mention of this variant at all.
  3. Harding, Stephen. U.S. Army Aircraft Since 1947. 1997. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd. LCCN 96-69996.
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