Kopter / Leonardo AW09
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Kopter / Leonardo AW09
I had not been paying attention to this new type that's been in development, nice to see progress from a few months ago.
It has an interesting sound signature, sounds like a flying power station transformer.
The rear doors will be good for EMS.
Hope it does well, they seem to be well ahead of the HX50.
It has an interesting sound signature, sounds like a flying power station transformer.
The rear doors will be good for EMS.
Hope it does well, they seem to be well ahead of the HX50.
so i assume it has something to do the 5-blades rotor head, on second thought, because of the high pitch it sound like the tail rotor blades have a nasty resonance...
good looking ship, the Arriel 2K and the new cowling nicely packaged
I think it is the fenestron when in lateral flight
Tickle,
There is a thread on the development of this helicopter from when it was originally being developed by Marenco:
Marenco Swiss Helicopter
My 'non aeronautical' feeling is the fuselage is quite short and bluff at its back end. I wonder how that influences flow past the fenestron when in forward flight? But I guess the same could be said of the Hughes 300, Robinson R22 and they work just fine!
There is a thread on the development of this helicopter from when it was originally being developed by Marenco:
Marenco Swiss Helicopter
My 'non aeronautical' feeling is the fuselage is quite short and bluff at its back end. I wonder how that influences flow past the fenestron when in forward flight? But I guess the same could be said of the Hughes 300, Robinson R22 and they work just fine!
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I’m a little surprised they have gone 5 bladed I would have thought that would increase cost. Should make for good performance though.
For an AW she’s a bit ugly.
Nice to see more in this class been developed.
For an AW she’s a bit ugly.
Nice to see more in this class been developed.