The Winner B150 is a
Belgian
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helicopter
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that was designed and produced by
Winner SBS of
Dinant. Now out of production, when it was available the aircraft was supplied complete and ready-to-fly-aircraft or as a kit for
amateur construction.
[Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 212. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ]
Design and development
The B150 was designed to comply with the French CNSK rules. It features a single main rotor and tail 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 with a bubble windshield,
skid landing gear and a
Solar T62T-32 turboshaft
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engine.
The aircraft
fuselage
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is made from
aluminum
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and composites. Its two-bladed rotor has a diameter of and a chord 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 pilot, passenger and baggage is .
Reviewer Werner Pfaendler, describes the design as providing "easy and fun flying".
Production of the B150 was suspended due to deficiencies in the Solar T62 powerplant. The company said, "it was decided to abandon the Solar T62 turbine; this second-hand power source appeared to be obsolete, difficult to find in a proper condition and with limited performance". Instead the company redesigned the airframe to accept a
piston engine as the B200 and also a TS100 turboshaft engine as the B250.
Specifications (B150)
See also
*
List of rotorcraft
This is a list of rotorcraft, including helicopters, autogyros, rotor kites and convertiplanes.
A
A-B Helicopters
* A-B Helicopters A/W 95
American Aircraft International
* AAI Penetrator
Aero
* Aero HC-2 Heli Baby
Aero-Astra ...
References
External links
*{{Official website, http://www.winnerhelico.com/
B150
2010s Belgian civil utility aircraft
2010s Belgian helicopters
Homebuilt aircraft