Skip to main content
Last Stocked on 9/26/2022

Product Info

Title
UH-1B Hog
Sub-category
Publish Year
2011
Dimensions
4x5.75x1.5"
NKG Part #
2147447291
MFG. Part #
BFMVUSBX02
Type
Miniatures Box Set
Material
Pewter & Resin
Age Range
14 Years and Up

Description

The versatile Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter quickly gained the nickname ‘Huey’ from its initials, along with rockets and machine-guns as armament. The resulting aircraft were known as ‘Hogs’ as the extra weight of the armament made them slow and sluggish to fly—the transport helicopters had to fly slowly to allow them to keep up!

Despite any problems, the Hogs were essential for airmobile combat. Hogs operating as aerial artillery saturated landing zones with rockets before the passenger-carrying slicks went in, and the firepower of Hog gunships smashed Vietnamese attacks time and again. As time went on the range of armament options for the Hog increased making it even more versatile.

UH-1B Hog Specifications:

Crew: 4
Weight: 2.0 tonnes
Length: Fuselage 12.0m (39’ 7”); Overall 15.0m (49’ 3”)
Width: 4.2m (13’ 8”)
Height: 4.4m (13’ 7”)
Rotor: 13.4m (44’)
Engine: Lycoming T53 (960 shp)
Speed: 150 km/h (80 knots, 92 mph)
Rate of Climb: 13.5ms-1 (2660 ft/min)
Range: 420 km (260 miles)

Contains:

  • One UH-1B Hog
  • optional armaments for UH-1B Heavy Hog
  • Flying stand
  • Plastic rotor sprue
  • four magnets
  • Decal sheet