Power & Performance
Those special qualities that separate one aircraft design from another. Performance specifications presented assume optimal operating conditions for the Sikorsky CH-53D Sea Stallion Heavy-Lift Transport Helicopter.
2 x General Electric T-64-GE-413 turboshaft engines developing 3,925 horsepower and driving a six-blade main rotor and a four-blade tail rotor.
Propulsion
196 mph
315 kph | 170 kts
Max Speed
16,752 ft
5,106 m | 3 miles
Service Ceiling
621 miles
1,000 km | 540 nm
Operational Range
2,460 ft/min
750 m/min
Rate-of-Climb