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. |
Looks a tad small for HEMS?
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Cabin dimension
Originally Posted by Droopy
(Post 11483574)
Looks a tad small for HEMS?
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Do the blades rotate the wrong way?
Maybe to attract sales from Eurocopter owners…. |
Originally Posted by Tickle
(Post 11483325)
It has an interesting sound signature, sounds like a flying power station transformer.
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
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Tickle,
There is a thread on the development of this helicopter from when it was originally being developed by Marenco: https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/44...elicopter.html 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! |
Originally Posted by Twist & Shout
(Post 11483749)
Do the blades rotate the wrong way?
Maybe to attract sales from Eurocopter owners…. |
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. |
Originally Posted by Helicopterdriverguy
(Post 11483945)
I can’t see why that would attract sales when you lift the pedals do the work you just keep it straight
But the choice of direction is not immediately obvious to me. |
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