View Full Version : Unknown Helicopter - can you identify?
hotzenplotz
22nd Aug 2005, 16:48
Do you know what we see on this picture?
I think it could be a variant of an Agusta 106.
Every information is welcome.
]http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/2417/xyz4sp.jpg
wg13_dummy
22nd Aug 2005, 17:00
It appears to be the Romanian IAR-317 Airfox based around an Allouette III.
http://www.airwar.ru/enc_e/ah/iar317.html
(I'll get me coat:rolleyes: )
Ian Corrigible
22nd Aug 2005, 17:03
That thar is an IAR-317 'AirFox, based on the Alouette III.
I/C
Cyclic Hotline
22nd Aug 2005, 17:12
I like the concept of the onboard bar in a machine that small!
Good thinking on the part of the design team. :ok:
Revolutionary
22nd Aug 2005, 17:52
The 'Bar' sign on the tail signifies that this is the Airfox variant with integrated towbar.
hotzenplotz
22nd Aug 2005, 17:57
Was this only a prototype, or dit the rumanian millitary introduce this helicopter?
For what is a tow bar at the tail boom?
thats a little different, looks like they watched blue thunder and got some ideas but didnt have a gazelle handy :D
Cyclic Hotline
22nd Aug 2005, 20:21
I also like the integral control tower built into the rotor head!
Very good thinking on the part of the design team. I wonder if they came up with that concept after a couple of hours in the onboard bar?
hotzenplotz
22nd Aug 2005, 20:40
You guys are soooo funny.
wg13_dummy
23rd Aug 2005, 00:11
Its a MMCT (Mast Mounted Control Tower). I believe two Romainian Radar Ops sit up there and look for targets with binos. Its a cheaper version of the Longbow Millimetric on the AH64D. :}
bellboy
24th Aug 2005, 10:02
I have my thrmos and anorak at the ready!
If you look at the tail rotor assembly the rotor head and the engine. The aircraft is surely a derivative of the SA 313 Alouette 2.
Probably built in India where under HAL the aircraft are still produced. The newer versions called Cheetal have FADEC and flash instruments. Sorry I can't be more precise. BB