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HAL Chetak

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Single turboshaft light utility helicopter. Licence built SA 316B Alouette.

Lift type

Rotary wing

Assembly

Factory-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Turboshaft

Application

Attack, Cargo, Military transport, Search & rescue, Surveillance, Utility

Design & construction

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Airframe & structure

Primary structure

Aluminium

Landing gear

Skids

Ice protection

None

Pressurisation

Unpressurised

Systems & avionics

Flight controls

Mechanical

Autopilot

2-axis

Avionics architecture

Analogue

Configuration & certification

Rotor configuration

Single main + tail

Certification

Military

Minimum crew

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Production end	Notes
Aérospatiale Alouette III	1953 / 1959	1985	Single-engine, light utility helicopter.
HAL Chetak	1972 / 1972		Baseline variant, license built Alouette III.
HAL Chetan	1981 / 1981		Re-engined variant.

Airframer

Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (Helicopter Division Bangalore)

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