strangely familiar new chinese helicopter
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strangely familiar new chinese helicopter
China's first domestic-made light civilian helicopter makes debut
Hm looks kinda like another helicopter , wish I could remember the name
Hm looks kinda like another helicopter , wish I could remember the name
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Not surprising since the first attempt a few years ago was identical to an AS-350. Wasn't Eurocopter livid with that "1st civil helicopter designed and built in China" back then?
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How could you imply that EADS had anything to do with this?
All lies. This is a genuine design which leaves no questions unanswered. The chopper is a 灰鼠 or simply a "song shu"
All lies. This is a genuine design which leaves no questions unanswered. The chopper is a 灰鼠 or simply a "song shu"
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It's nothing like a Eurocopter.
It's a Eulocropter.
It's a Eulocropter.
I wonder about pricing and internationally acceptable certification?
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Oh, I see elsewhere it is priced '10-15% cheaper'.
Doesn't sound like much of a discount. I think they'd need some other compelling reasons to make a sale against EC.
Still, anything new is a bonus.
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Oh, I see elsewhere it is priced '10-15% cheaper'.
Doesn't sound like much of a discount. I think they'd need some other compelling reasons to make a sale against EC.
Still, anything new is a bonus.
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Well, don't stop there. It has "highly integrated avionics" too.
Does that mean the radios are actually fitted into the panel, not wired up and just left lying on the floor like in every other helicopter?
Or perhaps they mean that the avionics are integtated amongst themselves, so all the pax can hear eachother on the intercom, and maybe navaid idents can even be switched in too! Maybe that's it!
Gosh!
Does that mean the radios are actually fitted into the panel, not wired up and just left lying on the floor like in every other helicopter?
Or perhaps they mean that the avionics are integtated amongst themselves, so all the pax can hear eachother on the intercom, and maybe navaid idents can even be switched in too! Maybe that's it!
Gosh!
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i agree, but...
Okay, lets all try to draw a helicopter that doesn't look like any other helicopter in any way. Oh, it actually has to look like something that passes W and B muster and is functional. You know, the main rotor can't be mounted on the tail and the tail rotor in the middle somewhere. Engine...? Enhaust...? Cockpit behind the passenger seats? My point is its a pretty basic and strict design. Theres not a great amount of leeway when designing a helo for any given weight category. I don't have the extraordinary skill to design a completely new looking helicopter that doesn't look like any other but am looking forward to all the new ideas.
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AVIC produces the airframes of the EC175, so they work together with Eurocopter. So no surprise, that this machine looks like a member of the EC family?
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Credit where its due!
I struggle to think of a single country which has an emerging or even developed helicopter manufacturing industry and who are not working with Eurocopter!
As much as I would love to have seen one or more of our home grown companies take this initiative - they never did and I believe it is to our loss.
Eurocopters penetration of the global market over the past 20 years is by any measure - impressive.
This latest project, like so many others, bears all the EC hallmarks and which is hardly surprising but ... keep up the humor, its fun to read!
HM
I struggle to think of a single country which has an emerging or even developed helicopter manufacturing industry and who are not working with Eurocopter!
As much as I would love to have seen one or more of our home grown companies take this initiative - they never did and I believe it is to our loss.
Eurocopters penetration of the global market over the past 20 years is by any measure - impressive.
This latest project, like so many others, bears all the EC hallmarks and which is hardly surprising but ... keep up the humor, its fun to read!
HM
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Shape is one thing ( It is hard to tell at BMW from a Ford now ) , the Starflex rotor head is certainly something that they would not have produced without a lot of tech info from EC. Remember AW owe their starts to US manufacturers and they are now showing their parents a thing or two. I have seen the standard of some chinese aircraft parts and early examples were dire but they learn fast and are prepared to use all resources to achieve success.
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AW starts with US help?
widgeon said:
Hold on.. both Augusta AND Westland were started with the help of US manufacturers..?
I seriously need help with history, because I did not know that..
(this is a serious post..)
Remember AW owe their starts to US manufacturers and they are now showing their parents a thing or two.
I seriously need help with history, because I did not know that..
(this is a serious post..)