The IRI T22B is an Italian
helicopter
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that was designed and produced by
Italian Rotors Industries of
Aprilia, Lazio
Aprilia is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Latina, now incorporated in the conurbation of Rome, in the Lazio region of central Italy. It is the fifth most populous town in the region and the tenth largest by area.
Terri ...
. Now out of production, when it was available the aircraft was supplied complete and ready-to-fly.
[Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 208. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ]
The company seems to have been founded about 2013 and gone out of business in June 2016, ending production.
Design and development
The T22B features a single main rotor and tail rotor, a two-seats-in
side-by-side configuration
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enclosed cockpit with a windshield,
skid landing gear and a four-cylinder, air-cooled,
four stroke
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Lycoming O-320-B2C aircraft engine.
The aircraft
fuselage
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is made from composites. Its two-bladed rotor has a diameter of . The aircraft has a typical empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of , the payload for the crew, passenger and baggage is .
In 2015, reviewer Werner Pfaendler described the T22B's design as "elegant".
Variants
;T22B
:Version with
Lycoming O-320-B2C powerplant.
;T23B
:Version with
Lycoming O-360-A2J powerplant.
Specifications (T22B)
See also
*
List of rotorcraft
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A
A-B Helicopters
* A-B Helicopters A/W 95
American Aircraft International
* AAI Penetrator
Aero
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References
External links
Official website archiveson
Archive.org
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T22B
2010s Italian sport aircraft
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