Agusta A.106
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 Agusta A.106 maiden flight |
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| Type | Light ASW helicopter |
| Manufacturer | Agusta |
| Maiden flight | 1965 |
| Number built | 2 |
The Agusta A.106 was a single-seat light helicopter designed to provide an ASW platform for the Impavido-class destroyers of the Italian Navy. The aircraft was provided with a sophisticated electronics suite by Ferranti for autostabilisation and contact identification. Two torpedoes could be slung under the fuselage. The tail and two-bladed main rotor could be folded for shipboard stowage, and the skid undercarriage had fittings for floatation bags.
Two prototypes were built, the first flying in November 1965. A pre-production batch of 5 was cancelled by the Navy in 1973.
[edit] Specifications
General characteristics
- Crew: one, pilot
- Length: 8.0 m (26 ft 3 in)
- Main rotor diameter: 9.5 m (31 ft 2 in)
- Height: 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
- Main rotor area: 70.9 m² (763 ft²)
- Empty weight: 590 kg (1,300 lb)
- Gross weight: 1,400 kg (3,100 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Turbomeca-Agusta TAA.230, 224 kW (300 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 176 km/h (110 mph)
- Range: 740 km (460 miles)
- Service ceiling: 3,000 m (9,800 ft)
Armament
- 2 × Mk.44 torpedoes or
- 10 × depth charges or
- 2 × 7.62 mm machine-guns and 10 × 80 mm rockets
[edit] References
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions, 40.
- Simpson, R. W. (1998). Airlife's Helicopters and Rotorcraft. Ramsbury: Airlife Publishing, 32, 36.
[edit] See also
Comparable aircraft Westland Wasp
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