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The Robinson R44 is a four-seat light helicopter produced by Robinson Helicopter Company since 1992. Derived from the company's two-seat Robinson R22, the R44 features hydraulically assisted flight controls and a larger engine.
The tank-killing AH-64 Apache attack helicopter costs just $5,171 an hour to operate. The UH-60 Blackhawk, which can carry up to a dozen troops into combat, costs $3,116 an hour, while the Navy ...
Bell announced its new project after the Bell 429 and Bell V-22, the super medium Bell 525, previously it was known as Project X or Magellan. The Helicopter is overall designed for trips of 50 to 500 nautical miles, and has a 5-blade main rotor powered by twin engines, digital controls and Garmin G5000H screen, with planned seating for 16-20 people. [3]
The Schweizer 300/333 models fill a gap in the Sikorsky helicopter line, which is known for its medium and heavy utility and cargo helicopters. Sikorsky has since taken advantage of Schweizer's rapid prototyping technology, originally used during development of the 333 dynamic components and the RQ-8 prototype, to develop the X-2 Technology ...
With full fuel of 19 litres (4.2 imp gal; 5.0 US gal) the payload is 136 kg (300 lb). [1] [2] The company indicated that it had suspended production plans by 2012 due to lack of dealers outside Japan and put the cost of a single H-4 at ¥7,500,000.00 (about US$80,887.59 in 2013). The company stated that it could build the aircraft economically ...
The aircraft features a single main rotor, a four-seat enclosed cabin, quadracycle landing gear and an option for skids. [1] The prototype was converted by Vertical Aviation Technologies from a Sikorsky S-52-3. [3] The Hummingbird fuselage is made from riveted aluminum sheet. The nose section is adapted from the Bell 206.
The S-52 was the first helicopter to be flown in a loop, as flown by Harold E. Thompson on 19 May 1949. [5] The two-seat version was modified into the S-52-2, a four-seat helicopter using a 245 hp (183 kW) Franklin O-425-1 air-cooled flat-six, which was moved slightly to the rear to accommodate the enlarged cabin. [4]
In 1989 EliSport, which became Heli-Sport in 1997, bought the rights to the Cicare CH-6, a small single-seat open cockpit helicopter designed in Argentina by Augusto Cicaré. It was developed by Josi and Claudio Barbero and, with the help of the sports car designer, Marcello Gandini who produced a new, enclosed cabin, marketed from 1992 as the ...