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!!!
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

[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

[Makiwa]

Dauphine Perfomance

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