Unknown Helicopter - can you identify?

[hotzenplotz]

Do you know what we see on this picture?

I think it could be a variant of an Agusta 106.

Every information is welcome.

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[wg13_dummy]

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 )

[Ian Corrigible]

That thar is an IAR-317 'AirFox, based on the Alouette III.

I/C

[Cyclic Hotline]

I like the concept of the onboard bar in a machine that small!

Good thinking on the part of the design team.

[Revolutionary]

The 'Bar' sign on the tail signifies that this is the Airfox variant with integrated towbar.

[hotzenplotz]

Was this only a prototype, or dit the rumanian millitary introduce this helicopter?

For what is a tow bar at the tail boom?

[JAF0]

thats a little different, looks like they watched blue thunder and got some ideas but didnt have a gazelle handy

[Cyclic Hotline]

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]

You guys are soooo funny.

[wg13_dummy]

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]

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