The Alpi Syton AH 130 is an Italian
helicopter
A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forward, backward and laterally. These attributes ...
that was developed from the
RotorWay Exec and is produced by
Alpi Aviation of
Pordenone.
[Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 189. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X]
Design and development
The RotorWay Exec was developed into a turbine-powered version in 1996 by AvioTecnica of Italy and marketed as the
AvioTecnica ES-101 Raven
The RotorWay Exec is a family of American two-bladed, skid-equipped, two-seat kit helicopters, manufactured by RotorWay International of Chandler, Arizona and supplied in kit form for amateur-construction.
Design and development
The Exec 16 ...
. In 2008 the Raven design was acquired by Alpi and further developed.
The AH 130 externally resembles the RotorWay Exec. It features a single main rotor, a two-seats-in
side-by-side configuration
Tandem, or in tandem, is an arrangement in which a team of machines, animals or people are lined up one behind another, all facing in the same direction.
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enclosed cockpit, skid-type
landing gear
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and a
Solar T62
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auxiliary power unit
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employed as a
turboshaft
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engine. Its diameter two-bladed rotor has a chord of . The aircraft has an empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of the payload is .
Specifications
References
External links
Official website
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