SHRI SANT GADGE BABA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

AH-64 APACHE

-SIMRAN .R. SINGHS.E. (MECHANICAL)

INTRODUCTION

• Four-blade, twin-engine attack helicopter.

• Tail wheel-type landing gear arrangement.

• Cockpit for a two-man crew.

• Weapon-“Hellfire missile”.

• Length - 18m

• Weight – 5,165kg

AH-64 APACHE

MAIN PARTS

• Main rotor, spins with 6m blades.

• Tail rotor, working against main rotor force.

• Pilot night vision system.

• Landing gear for supporting weight.

• Swash plate

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APACHE ENGINEAH-64 APACHE

• Turbo shaft jet engines are used.

• Principle-"suck, squeeze, burn and blow”.

• Power is transferred from the engine using a main gearbox

WORKINGAH-64 APACHE

• Slight angle of attack given to shaft and spins the shaft.• Power is transmitted from engine to rotor

by gearbox• Tail rotor produces thrust. • Sideways thrust resists engine’s desire to

spin the body.

APACHE’S WEAPONAH-64 APACHE

• “Hellfire missile”- Primary weapon

• Each missile is miniature aircraft.

- Guidance computer

- steering control

- Propulsion system

• Carries missile on four firing rails.

• Can carry 16 missile at a time.

• Hellfire, uses Laser guidance system.

• Hellfire-ΙΙ, uses radar seeker.

CONTROLS AND SENSORSAH-64 APACHE

• Controls manipulate rotors using_ - Mechanical hydraulic system, - Digital stabilization system.• Swash Plate Mechanism_

- Collective control, - Cyclic control.

• sensor equipment - Radar dome - Radar signal processor - Night vision sensor

CONCLUSIONAH-64 APACHE

• A revolutionary development in the history of war.

• Formidable opponent on the battlefield.

• Designed to survive heavy attack.

• Inflict massive damage.

• Has strength and agility.

• Holds 1st position among

revolutionary helicopters.

REFRENCE

AH-64 APACHE

• http://www.howstuffworks.com/

• http://boeing.com/rotorcraft/military/ah64d/index.htm

• Mathew Pitt, Apache Helicopter

• Kroes, “Aircraft-Basic Science”.

THANKYOU

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