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UH-60A · twin engine

Black Hawk UH-60

The heavy hook. Structural steel, plant modules and transmission structures that no other civil aircraft in the state will pick.

Hook capacity

4,000kg

Working payload at radius
3,600 kg
Cruise speed
145 kt
Range
320 nm
Long line
45 m · 50 m · 60 m

Specifications

Certified hook capacity

4,000 kg

Working payload at radius

3,600 kg

Typical 34 m working radius, ISA +15

Cruise speed

145 kt

Range

320 nm

Endurance

2.6 hrs

Long line lengths

45–60 m

Rotor diameter

16.4 m

Minimum exclusion zone

70 m

Typical cycle time

6 min

Minimum billable on task

2 hrs

Payload figures are planning figures. Actual available payload on the day is calculated from temperature, elevation, fuel state and working radius, and is confirmed in the load plan before the aircraft launches.

Typical applications

  • Structural steel, trusses and bridge beams over live sites
  • Chillers, cooling towers and packaged plant to CBD roof decks
  • Concrete and steel transmission poles on cropped or wet easements
  • Processing plant modules into live industrial facilities
  • Tank sections, silos and vessel shells
  • Cyclone and flood response where roads are cut

Where it wins

  • GOSingle picks between 1,000 kg and 3,600 kg.
  • GOTwin-engine performance requirements over built-up areas and water.
  • GOJobs where the alternative is a large mobile crane, a road closure or a temporary causeway.

Where it stops

  • LIMA 70 m exclusion zone is not achievable on every suburban block; we survey before committing.
  • LIMDownwash is significant. Loose roofing, scaffold sheeting and site sheds are secured or removed first.
  • LIMLoads above 3,600 kg at radius require a specific performance assessment and may not be approvable.

Check it against your load

Lift calculator
05 questions · ~30 sec · no contact details

Answer 5 questions. Find out if your lift flies — and what it costs.

Enter the load, the weight, the region and the site access. The instruments on the right update live, and you get a written estimate you can download.

  1. 01Can it be flownfeasibility verdict
  2. 02Which aircrafthook capacity match
  3. 03What it costsindicative $ range
Start below — question 01 of 05

Question 01 of 05What are you lifting?

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Question 1 of 5: What are you lifting?

What are you lifting?

Payload vs hook

AT 20 m
Airbus H125EXCEEDS HOOK
900 kg / 863 kg
Black Hawk24% OF HOOK
900 kg / 3,699 kg

Airbus H125

Hook 1,000 kg

GO

90% of hookRecommended

Black Hawk

Hook 4,000 kg

GO

23% of hook

Your result — pending
  • Feasibility— — —
  • Recommended aircraft— — —
  • Indicative price range— — —

Answer all 05 questions to release the readout.