chopper2004
23rd Aug 2011, 20:25
I remember a decade ago when the Eurocopter EC130B4 was revealed to be development of the popular AS350B3 even though in my head it looked more like a wider version of the EC120B!
To present day, looking at last years revealing of the 2 tonne Avic AC311 looks like Colibri at the front and the Squirrel at the rear. I can't second guess let alone read a crystal ball, but it be interesting to see if this would be a success compared to the Squirrel copy of the Z-11.IIRC, the Z-11 didn;t make much of an impact less with the PLAAF production wise unless anyone has any figures?
I wonder if the AC313 would make a good complementary airframe for offshore operations among the AS332, Z-8, AS365 and S-76 and S-92 currently there or it would be too large for the platforms.
Any thoughts?
Cheers
To present day, looking at last years revealing of the 2 tonne Avic AC311 looks like Colibri at the front and the Squirrel at the rear. I can't second guess let alone read a crystal ball, but it be interesting to see if this would be a success compared to the Squirrel copy of the Z-11.IIRC, the Z-11 didn;t make much of an impact less with the PLAAF production wise unless anyone has any figures?
I wonder if the AC313 would make a good complementary airframe for offshore operations among the AS332, Z-8, AS365 and S-76 and S-92 currently there or it would be too large for the platforms.
Any thoughts?
Cheers