Hiya folks,
I noticed some discrepancies between the various OoBs the AH-64 Apache appears in. Whilst I understand some (eg UK Westland) have different (more powerful?) engines etc are the USA's really the slowest? and is the new E series really that fast????
AH-64 A
USA - 92
Egypt - 94
Holland - 94
Greece - 94
Israel - 94
Saudi -
98?
AH-64 D
USA - 88
Egypt -
93
Holland - 88
Greece - 88
Israel -
94 and 93
Saudi -
98??? thats 30 km/h faster
UK - 88
Japan - 88
AH-64 E
USA & Taiwan - 122
Thats 366 km/h - above all the published "Never Exceed" speeds I have seen for the Apache and makes it faster than ANY other production helicopter!?!!?
I am guessing some confusion has arisen due to difference in "Max" speed, "max cruising" speed and NE speed...