Agusta A101

Agusta A101
Type:	Transport helicopter
Design country:	Italy
Manufacturer:	Agusta
First flight:	October 19, 1964
Production time:	Was never mass-produced
Number of pieces:	1

The Agusta A101 (called AZ.101G in the initial phase ) was a development project for a transport helicopter from the Italian company Agusta . Despite a planning period of 13 years and the achievement of series production maturity, the A101 was never produced in series.

history

As early as 1958, Agusta began planning its own transport helicopter. So far, the company had mainly built and sold successful American helicopters under license . During the early planning phase, the helicopter was referred to as AZ.101G. The "Z" stood for the designer Filippo Zappata. Before the first flight, the name was simplified to A.101G. The designation A.101D claimed in some sources cannot be confirmed by contemporary sources.

Since the factory's capacities were already exhausted due to the ongoing series production, the first prototype was not completed until 1964. After further extensions of the original prototype and adjustments to the current state of the art, the model was used for testing in autumn 1968. Due to further delays, after several modifications, the machine was not ready for series production until 1971. At that time, however, it was already technically obsolete and had no market opportunities compared to the then current competing products. So Agusta stopped the project.

Technical data A101G

Parameter	Data
Type	Transport helicopter
Engine	three Bristol Siddeley Gnome H.1400 turbines, each with 919 kW (1250 WPS), the series version should receive an enhanced H.1400 (or General Electric T58 ) with 1030 kW (1400 WPS) each
Top speed	230 km / h
Max. Hover altitude	3450 m
Range	400 km
Dimensions
Main rotor diameter	20.40 m
Length with rotors running	20.15 m
height	6.56 m

See also

• List of helicopter types

literature

• Giorgio Apostolo: World Cyclopedia of Airplanes, Volume 3 , Südwest-Verlag, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-517-00851-6 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1960/1960%20-%200716.html?search=Agusta A.101G AZ-101G in "Flight" from May 27, 1960
2. ↑ http://www.aviastar.org/helicopters_eng/agusta-101.php AZ.101G on aviastar.org
3. ^ John WR Taylor (ed.): Jane's All The World's Aircraft - 1965-66 , Sampson Low, Marston & Company Ltd., London, 1965, p. 88.
4. ↑ Giorgio Apostolo: World Cyclopaedia of Aircraft, Volume 3 , Südwest-Verlag, Munich 1984, p. 41