Fuselage length15.5 m
518Bottle caps
2.12Soccer goal widths
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CH-47 Chinook
The twin-rotor heavy-lift helicopter/Aircraft
The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a tandem-rotor heavy-lift helicopter that has served militaries worldwide since 1962. Its two counter-rotating rotors eliminate the need for a tail rotor. The Chinook can carry 33 to 55 troops or sling-load vehicles and artillery beneath its fuselage.
Measurements
Overall length (rotors turning)30.1 m
7.5 thousandthsCentral Park lengths
26.4Shoelace lengths
Height5.77 m
1.3 hundredthsPetronas Tower heights
79Lipstick tubes
Rotor diameter (each)18.3 m
183 millionViruses
1,408Sugar cubes
732Cherry tomatoes
Empty mass10,185 kg
10.2 quintillionBacteria
90,133Sticks of butter
20.4Grand pianos
Maximum sling load12,700 kg
9.1 hundredthsBlue whales
8.76Helicopters
8.8 tenthsSchool buses