How long can a standard police helicopter stay in the air?

Question

to all those that replied intelligently,a big thank-you... reason 4 the ?,my neighbor thinks he can outrun a police helicopter on a enduro motorcycle,because of the gas limitations...personally i don't agree

Answer 1

In the few times I worked as an observer, we rarely stayed in the air longer than 2-3 hours tops, land, fill tanks, empty bladders, and go again. I am a fixed wing pilot and have a little helicopter time but I'm not a helicopter expert but I believe as an example the Bell Jet Ranger has about 4 hours fuel when full although we didn't always fill the thing up.

Answer 2

faster than you can blink

Answer 3

First of all, there is no such thing as a "standard police helicopter." Many departments use Bell Jet Rangers, but others use a multitude of others, and there are different models of most of these, just like cars.

Aside from all of the above, a couple of hours is about all they stay up.

Plenty of time to find you and have you pulled over. Plus, usually, there are more than one around.

Regards,

Dan

Answer 4

till it runs out of gas?????

lol

duh

Answer 5

are you trying to outrun it??? lol. i think it's a couple of hours though, don't quote me