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The first Z-9 flew in 1981, and was built in China from components supplied by Aérospatiale as part of a production patent bought on 15 October 1980. [2] On 16 January 1992, the indigenous variant Z-9B, constructed with 70% Chinese-made parts, flew successfully. The flight test was completed in November 1992 and the design was finalized a ...
Revolution Helicopter Corporation (defunct) – went out of business in November 1999; Robinson Helicopter [18] RotorWay International – produces kit helicopters [28] Sikorsky Aircraft [56] Schweizer Aircraft – acquired by Sikorsky Aircraft in 2004 and closed down in 2011 and 2012 [57] Spitfire Helicopter Company [26]
Modern Japanese taketombo bamboo-copters; wooden type with winding thread (left); plastic type (right) A decorated Japanese taketombo propeller. The bamboo-copter, also known as the bamboo dragonfly or Chinese top (Chinese zhuqingting (竹蜻蜓), Japanese taketonbo 竹蜻蛉), is a toy helicopter rotor that flies up when its shaft is rapidly spun.
Attack helicopter Z-11. Changhe: License-built Eurocopter AS350: Z-15. AVIC: 6,000 kg-class medium military transport helicopter Z-18. Changhe: Medium transport/utility helicopter Z-19. Harbin: 5,000 to 5,500 kg twin-engined light helicopter development, derived from Z-9: Z-20: Harbin: Medium transport/utility helicopter in development HC120 ...
It also reportedly makes greater use of titanium and composites in its rotor blades and rotor, [4] and replaces the Z-8's boat-shaped lower fuselage with a tail ramp for small vehicles. [1] It has a glass cockpit [2] and is powered by three WZ-6C turboshafts. [2] [1] The Z-18's maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) is 13.8 tonnes.
China's AVIC displayed its Z-10 attack helicopter for the first time outside its home country at the Singapore Airshow - the only non-Western design on display in a year in which no Russian ...
Z-20 ground display at Airshow China 2022 Z-20 Helicopter. The Z-20 is based on the 1970s S-70/UH-60 Black Hawk, [3] which China acquired in the 1980s. [4] Pakistan may also have allowed China to examine wreckage from the US special forces Black Hawk abandoned during the assassination of Osama bin Laden on 1 May 2011.
The Z-11 project started in 1989 and the first flight was made in Dec 1994. In Oct 2000, test flights of Z-11 were completed. The chief designer of Z-11 is Mr. Wu Ximing (吴希明), who is also the chief designer of three other Chinese helicopters, including the Z-10.