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==Specifications (CH-47F)== [[File:Boeing CH-47 Chinook 3-view line drawing.svg|right|400px|Orthographically projected diagram of the Boeing Vertol CH-47 Chinook.]] {{multiple image |align = right |direction = vertical |width = 220px<!-- displayed width of each image in pixels (an integer, omit "px" suffix); overrides "width[n]"s below --> |image_caption_align = left<!-- left (default), center, right --> |image1 = Lycoming T55-GA-712.jpg |alt1 = |image_caption1 = Turboshaft engine on the rear of a {{nowrap|CH-47}} |image2 = Chinook Iraq Operation Swarmer CH43 060316-N-5438H-011.jpg |alt2 = |image_caption2 = [[M240 machine gun]] emplacement on the loading ramp, with another M240 partly visible on the right shoulder window }} {{Aircraft specs |ref=Boeing CH-47,<ref name=Boeing_CH-47>{{cite web |url=http://www.boeing.com/defense/ch-47-chinook/#/technical-specifications |title=CH-47 Technical Specifications |publisher=Boeing |website= Boeing.com |access-date=19 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313152930/http://www.boeing.com/defense/ch-47-chinook/#/technical-specifications |archive-date=13 March 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> Army Chinook file, CH-47F,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.army.mil/article/137584/ |title=CH-47 Chinook helicopter |date=4 November 2014 |work=army.mil |access-date=19 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329054721/http://www.army.mil/article/137584 |archive-date=29 March 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> International Directory, CH-47D<ref name="Frawley Military">Frawley, Gerard: ''The International Directory of Military Aircraft'', p. 49. Aerospace Publications Pty Ltd, 2002. {{ISBN|1-875671-55-2}}.</ref> |prime units?=kts <!-- General characteristics --> |crew=3 (pilot, copilot, flight engineer or loadmaster) |capacity=<br> ** 33β55 troops ''or'' ** 24 stretchers and 3 attendants ''or'' **{{cvt|24000|lb|0}} payload |length ft=98 |length in=10.7 |length note=<ref name=Boeing_CH-47/> * '''Fuselage length:''' {{cvt|51|ft|2|in|1}}<ref name=Boeing_CH-47/> |width ft=12 |width in=5 |width note=(fuselage)<ref name=Boeing_CH-47/> |height ft=18 |height in=7.8 |height note=<ref name=Boeing_CH-47/> |empty weight lb=24578 |empty weight note= |gross weight lb=54000 |gross weight note=<ref name=Boeing_CH-47/> |max takeoff weight lb= |max takeoff weight note= |fuel capacity={{cvt|1080|USgal|impgal l|0}}<ref name=Boeing_CH-47/> |more general= <!-- Powerplant --> |eng1 number=2 |eng1 name=[[Lycoming T55-GA-714A]] |eng1 type=[[turboshaft]] engines |eng1 shp=4733 |eng1 note= |rot number=2 |rot dia ft=60 |rot dia in=<!-- helicopters --> |rot area sqft=5600 |rot area note=<br> *'''Blade section:''' ''root:'' Boeing VR-7; ''tip:'' Boeing VR-8<ref name="Selig">{{cite web |last1=Lednicer |first1=David |title=The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage |url=https://m-selig.ae.illinois.edu/ads/aircraft.html |website=m-selig.ae.illinois.edu |access-date=16 April 2019}}</ref> <!-- Performance --> |max speed kts=170 |max speed note= |cruise speed kts=157 |cruise speed note=<ref name=Boeing_CH-47/> |never exceed speed kts= |never exceed speed note= |range nmi=400 |range note= |combat range nmi=165 |combat range note= (combat radius)<ref name=Boeing_CH-47/> |ferry range nmi=1216 |ferry range note=<ref>United States of America. Naval Training Equipment Center. Department of the Navy. ''Recognition Study Cards β US and Foreign Aircraft''. Device 5E14H. LSN 6910-LL-C006462. Orlando, Florida. 1982. 55 Cards. ''Annotation'': 2252 kilometers.</ref> |endurance=<!-- if range unknown --> |ceiling ft=20000 |ceiling note= |climb rate ftmin=1522 |climb rate note= |time to altitude= |disk loading lb/sqft=9.5 |disk loading note= |fuel consumption lb/mi= |power/mass={{cvt|0.28|hp/lb}} |more performance= <!-- Armament --> |armament= * Up to 3 pintle-mounted medium machine guns (1 on loading ramp and 2 at shoulder windows), generally {{convert|7.62|mm|in|abbr=on}} [[M240 machine gun|M240]]/[[FN MAG]] machine guns, and can be armed with the 7.62 mm [[Minigun|M134 Minigun]] rotary machine gun. |avionics= * Rockwell Collins Common Avionics Architecture System (CAAS) (MH-47G/CH-47F) }}
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