The IRI T250A is an Italian

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that was designed and produced by Italian Rotors Industries of

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and introduced in 2015. 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 209. 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 T250A features a single main rotor and tail rotor, a two-seats-in

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enclosed cockpit with a windshield, skid landing gear and a PBS TS 100 turboshaft engine made by PBS Velká Bíteš. The aircraft

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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 . The aircraft was built to

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and EN 9100 standards.

Specifications (T250A)

References

External links

Official website archives
on

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Design and development

Specifications (T250A)

See also

References

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