Eurocopter EC 135 (currently Airbus Helicopters H135 ) is a multi-purpose light helicopter .
| EC 135 | |
|---|---|
 EC 135 P2 German police | |
| Type of | transport helicopter |
| Developer |   Eurocopter |
| Manufacturer | Eurocopter |
| The first flight | October 15, 1988 [1] |
| Start of operation | 1996 year |
| Status | operated by |
| Operators | 92 operators from 25 countries (2003) [1] |
| Years of production | since 1996 [1] |
| Units produced | more than 650 |
| Base model | MBB Bo 108 |
The development of the helicopter has been carried out since the late 1980s by the Eurocopter consortium (currently Airbus Helicopters). October 15, 1988 made the first flight of the technological prototype No. D-HBOX, equipped with a pair of Rolls-Royce 250-C20R engines. On February 15 and 16, 1994, the pre-production helicopters No. D-HECX and No. D-HECY with Turbomeca Arrius 2B and Pratt & Whitney Canada PW206B engines, respectively, made their first flight [1] .
Serial production began in 1996. By 2008, more than 650 helicopters were delivered. Helicopters are most widely used, in particular they are used in the Polish air ambulance service Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe [2] .
Built using composite materials. Available in several versions.
Content
- 1 Performance characteristics
- 2 See also
- 3 notes
- 4 References
Performance Specifications
Data Source: Jane's [1]
- Specifications
- Crew : 1-2 pilots
- Passenger capacity: up to 6 passengers
- Length : 12.16 m
- Fuselage length: 10.2 m
- Rotor Diameter: 10.2m
- Fenestrone Diameter: 1.0m
- Maximum fuselage width: 1.56 m (no tail)
- Height : 3.51 m (with tail rotor)
- Area swept by the rotor: 81.71 m²
- Track track: 2.0 m
- Empty weight: 1 490 kg
- Maximum take-off weight : 2 835 kg
- with suspended load: 2,900 kg
- Suspension mass: 1 360 kg
- The mass of fuel in internal tanks: 560 kg
- Powerplant : 2 × turboshaft Turbomeca Arrius 2B2 ( EC 135 T1 / T2 / T2 + options) or
- Engine power: 2 × 606 hp (2 × 452 kW (take-off))
- Powerplant: 2 × Turboshaft Pratt & Whitney Canada PW206B2 ( EC 135 P1 / P2 / P2 + options)
- Engine power: 2 × 621 hp (2 × 463 kW (take-off))
Cargo compartment dimensions
- Length: 3.06 m
- Width: 1.5 m
- Height: 1.26 m
- Floor Area: 4,3 m²
- Useful volume: 4.8 m³
- Flight characteristics
- Maximum permissible speed: 259 km / h
- Maximum speed: 256 km / h
- Cruising Speed :
- with Turbomeca engines: 239 km / h
- with Pratt & Whitney engines: 230 km / h
- Practical range:
- with Turbomeca engines: 620 km
- with Pratt & Whitney engines: 646 km
- Ferry range: (with increased to 720 kg fuel reserve)
- with Turbomeca engines: 798 km
- with Pratt & Whitney engines: 833 km
- Flight duration:
- with Turbomeca engines: 3 hours 24 min.
- with Pratt & Whitney engines: 3 hours 47 min.
- Practical ceiling : 3,050 m
- Static ceiling :
- using the earth effect: 3 050 m
- without using the effect of the earth: 2 195 m
- Rate of climb : 7.6 m / s
- Disc load: 34.7 / 35.5 kg / m² (without / with suspension)
- Thrust-weight ratio: 216.9 / 212.3 W / kg (without / with suspension on the transmission at maximum take-off weight)
See also
- Related developments
- MBB Bo 105
- Eurocopter EC 145
- Analogs
- AgustaWestland AW109
- Bell 427
- Bell 429
- MD Helicopters MD Explorer
- MBB BK 117
- Hal dhruv
- Lists
- Helicopter list
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2004-2005 / Paul Jackson. - Jane's Information Group, 2004 .-- P. 268-269. - 860 p. - ISBN 0-7106-2614-2 .
- ↑ Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowego ma już Eurocoptera (Polish)