RotorWay Exec 162F
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| Role | amateur-built helicopter |
| Manufacturer | RotorWay International |
| First flight | 1994 |
| Introduction | 1994 |
| Produced | 1994 - present |
The Exec 162F is an American two-bladed, skid-equipped, two-seat kit helicopter that was derived from the earlier Exec 90 design. The aircraft is manufactured by RotorWay International of Chandler, Arizona and supplied in kit form for amateur-construction.
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[edit] Design and development
The Exec 162F is the latest in the Exec series of helicopters manufactured by RotorWay International. The Exec 90 was developed in the early 1990s, it was, at the time, the only piston-powered helicopter to utilize an asymmetrical airfoil for improved autorotation characteristics and safety.
In 1994, a fuel injection system with electronic ignition, and FADEC was added to the Exec 90, producing the Exec 162F.
Unlike most U.S.-designed helicopters, the main rotor on the Exec 162F rotates clock-wise, as seen from above.
[edit] Operational history
Comedian and ventriloquist Jeff Dunham has a custom-painted Rotorway Exec 162F with his name and a picture of Walter on the aircraft.[1]
[edit] AvioTecnica ES-101 Raven
In 1996 AvioTecnica of Italy marketed the Exec as the ES-101 Exec with a turbine engine instead of the piston engine.[2] In 2004 it produced an improved variant it named the Aviotechnica ES-101 Raven powered by a modified Solar T-61-A turboshaft.[2] Other improvements include carbon-fibre rotor blades, a two-piece windscreen and later models have a digital cockpit.[2]
[edit] Specifications
Data from Brassey's World Aircraft & Systems Directory 1999/2000 [3]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 22 ft (6.71 m)
- Rotor diameter: 25 ft (7.62 m)
- Height: 8 ft (2.44 m)
- Disc area: 380 sq ft (35.4 m²)
- Empty weight: 975 lb (442 kg)
- Useful load: 525 lb (238 kg)
- Max. takeoff weight: 1,500 lb (680 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × RotorWay RI 162F flat-four piston engine, 150 hp (112 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 115 mph (100 knots, 185 km/h) at sea level
- Cruise speed: 95 mph (82 knots, 153 km/h)
- Range: 180 mi (156 nmi, 290 km)
- Endurance: 2 hr with maximum fuel
- Service ceiling: 5,000 ft (1,525 m) hover ceiling, out of ground effect
- Rate of climb: 1,000 ft/min (5.1 m/s)
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ Country Music Television (September 2007). "Jeff Dunham and Walter in their helicopter". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCepNGDZ5vs&NR=1. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
- ^ a b c Jackson 2008, p. 361
- ^ Taylor 1999, pp. 365–366.
[edit] References
- Taylor, Michael J.H. (ed.). Brassey's World Aircraft & Systems Directory 1999/2000. London:Brassey's, 1999. ISBN 1 85753 245 7.
- Jackson, Paul (ed) Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2008-2009. Coulsdon, Surrey, England:Jane's Information Group, 2008. ISBN 978 0 7106 28374
