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FLIGHT International, 5 February /97i ITALY Costruzione Aeronautlche Giovanni Agusta SpA Cascina Costa, Gallarate A 101G Three prototypes of this tbree-engined multi-purpose helicopter were built and series manufacture was due to begin last year. The large cabin can carry up to 36 passengers or 11,0251b freight. A civil version of the A 101G is projected. Powerplant is the 1,400 h.p. Rolls-Royce Gnome H.1400. Performance at max weight below. Rotor dia 66ft 11ln; fuselage length inc tail rotor 66ft 3in; height 21ft 6in; weight empty 15,1001b, max 28,4401b; max speed 120kt, cruise 112kt; max climb 2,070ft/min; service ceiling 10,660ft; hover ceiling i.g.e. 4,600ft; max range 200 n.m. A 106 Production of the single-seat foldable A 106 ASW helicopter (designed to replace the Agusta-Beil 47Js operated from Italian navy cruisers) was due to begin in 1969. It has a Bell-type two-bladed rotor with balance bobs and is powered by the 320 s.h.p. Turbomeca/ Agusta TAA 230. Main armament is two Mk 44 torpedoes carried beneath the fuselage. Agusta-Bell 206 Jet Ranger Sixty are being built for the Aeronautica Militare and 50 for the Turkish Army. Agusta also built the first 500 JetRanger airframes for Bell. Agusta-Bell 212 This UAC Turbo Twin Pac model is also listed. Agusta-Sikorsky SH-3D Sea King Built under licence for the Italian Navy. Nardi SA per Costruzioni Aeronautiche Aeroporto Forlanini, Milan Licenced to assemble and manufacture the Hughes 300 and 500, this company is currently assembling from US components, but will be manufacturing completely by 1971. SIAI-Marchetti SpA 21018 Sesto Calende, Varese SV-20A Test components for this compound twin-engined helicopter were begun late in 1968. It has a long streamlined fuselage, a wide-chord two-blade rotor and two 650/900 s.h.p. UAC PT6A-30 turbines (one driving a pusher propeller) in nacelles on its small high wing. Payload is 12 passengers or 2,7501b freight. Rotor dia 42ft 2in; span 19ft Sin; fuselage length 39ft 4in; height 11ft 8in; weight empty 4,1221b, in our 1968 VTOL Survey. Kawasaki is work ing on tilt-rotor research. Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd Wo 73, 2-chome, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Fuji-Bell 204B/UH-1B About a hundred built since 1962, mainly for the defence forces. A prototype with small wings has been built. Kawasaki Aircraft Co Ltd 2-14 Higashi Kawasaki-cho, Ikula-ku, Kobe KH-4 Four-seater development of the Bell 47, of which Kawasaki has built, in all, over 500, including 110 KH-4s. KHR-1 Experimental KH-4 with rigid three- blade rotor. Full stability has been proved in flight, with and without electro-mechanical stability augmentation. KV-107 Licenced production (with world sales rights) of the Boeing-Vertol 107 since 1962, with 35 now being built for the defence forces. KH 369 (OH-6A) Production of 55 under licence from Hughes in hand, plus a Far East sales drive with the KH 500 for civil customers Above, Gates Twinjet. Right, Boeing Vertol LIT (light intra-theatre transport) project A prototype A 106B civil version with a 3/6 passenger cabin is being built. This would cruise at lOOkt. Rotor dia 31ft 2in; length overall 36ft; height 8ft 3in; weight empty 1,5201b, max 3,0861b; max speed 95kt, cruise 90kt; max climb 1,220ft/ mln; hover ceiling i.g.e. 9,850ft; max range 112/400 n.m. A109C A prototype is being built of this 8-seat light twin-engined helicopter. It is a sleek design with a four-bladed main rotor and re tractable tricycle undercarriage. Powerplant is the 400 h.p. Allison 250-C20. Armed versions have been projected. Rotor dia 36ft 1in; length 36ft; weight empty 2,425lb, max 5,070lb; max speed 150kt, cruise 135kt; hover ceiling i.g.e. 11,800ft; max range 337 n.m. • Agusta-Bell 47 series More than 1,000 of various models have been built and produc tion continues. Agusta-Bell 204/205 Considerable quantities of the various models, with Lycoming T 53 or Rolls-Royce Gnome powerplants, have been built and production continues. max 8,8181b; max cruise 180kt; max climb 1,900ft/min; hover ceiling i.g.e. 20,000ft; range 477 n.m. Silvercraft SpA Strada del Sempione 114, 21018 Sesto Calende, Varese SH-4 Series production of 50 three-seat SH-4 utility helicopters is being undertaken in con junction with SIAI-Marchetti. Powerplant is a Franklin 235 h.p. 6A-350-D de-rated to 170 h.p. Certification is to both Italian and FAA standards. Rotor dia 29ft 8in; fuselage length 25ft tin; height 9ft 9in; weight empty 1,1201b, max 1,9001b; max speed 87kt, cruise 49/70kt; max climb 1,180ft/min; hover ceiling i.g.e. 9,845ft; max range 173 n.m. JAPAN National Programmes There is no news of the progress of the V/STOL programme outlined Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd Mitsubishi Building, No 10,2-chome, Marunouchi, Tokyo S-61 S-62 Built under licence for defence forces and civil operators. POLAND WSK-Swidnik Swidnik WSK/MIL Mi-2 Built under licence since 1966, with an improvement programme, in cluding plastic rotor blades, planned until 1975. The original single piston engine is replaced by two roof-mounted 437 s.h.p. Isotov GTD- 350 turbines. A pilot and six or eight passengers or 1,5431b freight, can be carried. Rotor dia 47ft 7in; fuselage length 37ft 5in; height 12ft 4in; weight empty 5,1801b, max 8,1571b; max speed 113kt, cruise 130kt, loiter 54kt; service ceiling 13,755ft, hover ceiling i.g.e. 6,550ft; range 101-313 n.m.
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