Originally Posted by whoknows idont
Remember that this helicopter was originally designed in-house by EC and was supposed to be marketed and sold by EC.
Marketed yes, designed no. Per
Flight:
The Cabri G2 has taken eight years to develop, according to Guimbal, who says: "Aerospatiale has come in as official sponsor when the helicopter has been 70% built.
"Aerospatiale is helping with rotor-blade moulding, flight testing support including telemetry equipment, safety assistance and test-pilot assistance, as well as ground tests," he says.
As covered
previously in this thread, Airbus DS
was studying a Cabri-derived VUAS (the Orka-1200), but like the plans for an unmanned EC120 announced in
2002, the Scorpio family unveiled in
2004, the coaxial rotor design announced in
2005, the 'Sharc' demonstrator from
2007, the unmanned EC155 from
2008, the Tanon 300 from
2012 and the unmanned EC145 from
2013, contact with the program appears to have been lost...
I/C