Airbus Helicopters has introduced a new helicopter to its line up at the vertical lift industry show VERTICON in Dallas, Texas.
The H140 is a twin-engined light helicopter in the 3-tonne class and is designed to be a multi-mission aircraft for passenger, medical, private and business aviation markets.
The aircraft is powered by two Safran Arrius 2E 700 shp engines and offers the best payload/range in its class.
Power is managed by a dual-channel full-authority digital engine control (FADEC) system which guarantees unprecedented levels of performance in both all engines operative (AEO) operations and considerable power reserves in one engine inoperative (OEI) scenarios.
The H140 also features the new 5 blade main rotor system that was introduced by Airbus Helicopters on the H145 and the bearingless main rotor design simplifies maintenance, improves serviceability and reliability.
“Introducing a new helicopter to the light twin engine segment is a testimony to our commitment to meeting our customers’ evolving mission requirements, leveraging our R&T programmes such as Bluecopter,” said Bruno Even, CEO of Airbus Helicopters.
“We worked hand in hand with our H135 customers to bring their additional requirements together in the H140’s efficient design. It enables customers to benefit from a bigger mission-enhancing cabin space that was sized to an optimised engine performance for the best-in-class payload and range. We are proud to be able to offer our customers the most competitive choices”
The aircraft will feature the Helionix, Airbus Helicopters’ avionics system along with a 4-axis autopilot to reduce pilot workload, particularly important on safety critical missions.
