Airbus H160 helicopter

[Phoinix]

Originally Posted by Tatischeff

AINonline has just published a price for the corporate version at €12 million ($13.5 million).

Per helicopter when ordering a total of 10.

[chopper2004]

H160M HIL development

Today French MoD announces that the H160M HIL - Future Joint Light Helicopters which will replace the legacy AA341/2 Gazelle, AS555 Fenenc, SA330 Puma , AS565 Panther development will be a year ahead.

Cheers

French Ministry of the Armed Forces brings development of future Joint Light Helicopter forward

[EESDL]

The lads and lasses that will be hanging on the end of the wire must be praying that the manufacture of anything requiring strength and corrosion resistance is not ‘out-sourced’ to cheaper parts of the world.........#175LessonsLearned

[212man]

Originally Posted by EESDL

The lads and lasses that will be hanging on the end of the wire must be praying that the manufacture of anything requiring strength and corrosion resistance is not ‘out-sourced’ to cheaper parts of the world.........#175LessonsLearned

Better hope the missile arming circuit doesn't have any shorts either!

I thought it was meant to be capable of AAR from the A400M, but don't see any boom?

[chopper2004]

Le Bourget

Working away in the sunny and rain swept show, here my photos of the H160HIL mock up, albeit configured for all three armed services. Example being the naval variant with Sea Venom ASM, the Goodrich hoist and winch for special forces, cannon and stuff for the ALaT.
cheers

[rrekn]

Certainly looks fast...

[chopper2004]

Gendamarie order

As part of the modernisation for the Gendamarie fleet, they looking at purchasing ten H160.

https://lessor.org/a-la-une/soutien-...les-gendarmes/

[Agile]

It looks so very sharp on that rendering in the color of the french Gendamerie.

The French got it right with the alouette III and again with the EC145 two great workhorses. Will the H160 measure up to that legacy of great efficient machines,

What kind of specific mission will we see these in ?

[pants on fire...]

I rather thing the Germans and Japanese might take quite serious exception to any claim that the French had any role, of any kind, in the success of the 145.

[HeliHenri]

Originally Posted by pants on fire...

I rather thing the Germans and Japanese might take quite serious exception to any claim that the French had any role, of any kind, in the success of the 145.

Hello POF

You're totally right but only if you remove the engines on the EC145 (and also the avionics and the Fenestron on the H145) !
.

[HeliHenri]

Originally Posted by Agile

What kind of specific mission will we see these in ?

Hello Agile,

Mainly hight hltitude SAR and (unfortunatly but neccesery these days) counter terrorism.
.

[RVDT]

You're totally right but only if you remove the engines on the EC145 (and also the avionics and the Fenestron on the H145)

H145 -

Avionics - Israeli - Elbit Systems

Fenestron - This one is actually manufactured at least in .de and the carbon blades are a German design apparently

Engines - Joseph Szydlowski was Polish

While we are at it with the perceived bias -I think you may find the composite structures of the H160 are built between AHD for the cabin and AHE for the tail when in production.

[HeliHenri]

Hello RVDT,

You're at it, not me !
I was just refering at POF comment : " ...the French had any role, of any kind, in the success of the 145".
That's all.
.

[RVDT]

HH,

I forgot - with the H160 the nose came from the TGV?

[Phoinix]

Originally Posted by HeliHenri

Hello Agile,

Mainly hight hltitude SAR and (unfortunatly but neccesery these days) counter terrorism.
.

This I have got to see. No specs put it up there,... yet.

[HeliHenri]

Originally Posted by RVDT

HH,
I forgot - with the H160 the nose came from the TGV?

Well spotted !

[Cyclic Hotline]

You might want to review the TCDS for the full heritage.

https://www.easa.europa.eu/sites/def...7_Issue_16.pdf

[Ascend Charlie]

What is the tyre pressure on those piddly wheels?

[Flying Bull]

Originally Posted by Ascend Charlie

What is the tyre pressure on those piddly wheels?

EC155 was 15 bar nitrogen ;-)

[chopper2004]

Gendarmerie H160

More Info here with 10 x airframes delivered in 2023 timeframe replacing the Squirrels

https://www.lefigaro.fr/societes/la-...MqCg2MDG8DKAvc