285 mph chopper

[markflyer6580]

In todays mail on sunday "Live" supplement,there is an article about michael owen and what he spends his un deserved salary on.
Apparently he has one of these:
The £2million eurocopter dauphin flies at 285mph
Call me a thick fixed wing pilot but surely they don't go that fast!!!
Owen says
There seem to be a million dials and switches,but I reckon it's not as complicated as it looks.
Whatever you say sonny!!!:ok:
I'm sure one of you helicopter types will have something to say on it,and if possible could someone come up with a more realistic cruise speed,I would have thought 150 kts would be nearer the mark,its looks pretty big:D

[Woolf]

You are quite right it should read 285 km/h and not mph which roughly equates to 150 kts.

[headsethair]

There seem to be a million dials and switches,but I reckon it's not as complicated as it looks.

That's not the helicopter. He was referring to Sven's new Casio TeamSelecta handheld being delivered in time for the 06 World Cup.

[markflyer6580]

svens computer
almost fell of me chair:} :ok:

[Makiwa]

My guess is there was a sl;ip of the tongue with regard the speed you heard for the Dauphine. The cruise speed you said you heard was in MPH, but I would say it should have been KPH. A speed of 285 KPH is equal to 150 Knots.

If you are really interested in the performance of this machine try this link:

http://www.eurocopter.com/site/doc_wsw/TD_155B1.pdf

Cheers for now.

Makiwa

[Thomas coupling]

Has he really purchased a whopping EC155? or was it an EC135?

[HeliEng]

To be a nine seater, it would have to be either a 365 or 155.

[212man]

"Has he really purchased a whopping EC155? or was it an EC135?"

Not for 2 million, he hasn't! Sounds like a second hand N2