AgustaWestland AW169

AgustaWestland AW169
Type:	Multipurpose helicopter
Design country:	Italy
Manufacturer:	AgustaWestland (to Leonardo SpA )
First flight:	May 10, 2012
Production time:	since 2015
Number of pieces:	unknown

The AgustaWestland AW169 is a ten-seat, twin-engine , turbine -powered helicopter . It was developed by the Italian company AgustaWestland , which was merged into Leonardo SpA in 2016 .

history

In 2008 AgustaWestland spoke publicly about a new helicopter under the project name XX9 at the Farnborough International Airshow . The AW169 was presented to the public on July 19, 2010 at the 47th Farnborough International Airshow and is seen as a competitor to the Eurocopter EC 145 and the Eurocopter Dauphin . AgustaWestland has forecast sales of up to 1,000 units of this helicopter by 2030. The approval for the 4.5-ton helicopter is based on CS-29 , and commissioning is not expected to begin before 2014. The first flight took place on May 10, 2012 at the AgustaWestland base in Cascina Costa near Samarate . A prototype was added to the test fleet in July and November 2012. The fourth prototype had its maiden flight in Cascina Costa on January 31, 2013. By the end of 2012, 70 orders had been placed for the new type of helicopter. Production has started and the first delivery was originally supposed to take place in the 2nd quarter of 2014. The helicopter was approved by EASA on July 15, 2015.

The Gendarmería Nacional Argentina appears as the first police customer, which receives the first AW169 in 2017.

Accidents

Image of 2016 of the helicopter that crashed on October 27, 2018 with the registration G-VSKP

Five people were killed in a crash near King Power Stadium in Leicester , UK, on October 27, 2018 , including Thai billionaire Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha . He was the owner of the Thai company King Power , the English soccer club Leicester City and the Belgian soccer club Oud-Heverlee Löwen .

construction

The cockpit is equipped with three active matrix displays , a flight management system , wide area augmentation system and ACAS from Rockwell Collins . Two Pratt & Whitney PW210s with FADEC , a fully digital engine controller, serve as the drive .

Technical specifications

Parameter	Data
crew	1-2
Passengers	up to 11
Hull length	12.19 m
Trunk width	2.15 m
Torso height	3.88 m
Length over all	14.65 m (rotor turns)
Height above everything	4.50 m (rotor turns)
Main rotor diameter	12.12 m
Tail rotor diameter	2.40 m
payload	1,800 kg / 2,000 kg *
Empty mass	approx. 2,800 kg (depending on the setup)
Max. Takeoff mass	4,600 kg / 4,800 kg (* through upgrade)
Cruising speed	268 km / h / 145 kts
HIGE	14,500 ft
HOGE	11,000 ft
Service ceiling	15,000 ft (4,500 m)
Range	860 km
Max. Endurance	4h20min (ISA, MTOW)
Engines	2 × Pratt & Whitney PW210A with 1,100 PS each and 2-channel FADEC
Autopilot	4-axis with "automatic hover"
NVG cockpit	Yes
De-icing	currently being tested

Web links

Commons : AgustaWestland AW169  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• The AW169 on the website of the manufacturer Leonardo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ flightglobal.com: AgustaWestland unveils 'game-changing' AW169
2. ↑ AgustaWestland Unveils The AW169. In: agustawestland.com. July 19, 2010, archived from the original on December 26, 2014 ; accessed on April 30, 2014 (English). 
3. ↑ aviationweek.com: AW169 Completes First Flight  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , dated May 10, 2012  
4. ↑ ^{a b} Type certification of the AW169 - EASA.R.509. (PDF; 360 kB) In: easa.europa.eu. July 21, 2015, accessed September 1, 2015 . 
5. ↑ http://www.janes.com/article/69418/laad-2017-leonardo-sells-aw169-to-argentine-gendarmeria
6. ↑ Leicester City owner 'was on board crashed helicopter'. In: news.sky.com . October 28, 2018. Retrieved October 28, 2018 .