Cicaré CH-8

Cicaré CH-8
Type:	helicopter
Design country:	Argentina
Manufacturer:	Cicaré Helicópteros
First flight:	March 1993

The Cicaré CH-8 is a helicopter made by the Argentine manufacturer Cicaré Helicópteros .

history

As a logical further development of the CH-7 , Augusto Cicaré and his team started working on the CH-8 , which is sometimes also referred to as the CH-8 UL , from 2010 . The first flight took place in 2013.

Argentina's President Mauricio Macri during his visit to Augusto Cicaré in front of three CH-8

construction

The CH-8 builds on the CH-7B and CH-7T and is a two-seater microlight helicopter with side-by-side seats and a closed cabin. The cabin is entered through side doors and, like the rotor, is made of composite materials. As with the other Cicaré helicopters, the frame is welded from steel tubes. The helicopter is powered by a Rotax 917 -Ti four-cylinder, four-stroke boxer engine with 95 kW. The helicopter is only offered as a kit. As an experiment, a Labala GFL 2000 propeller turbine was installed in a CH-8 in 2001 . This helicopter is sometimes referred to as the Cicaré CH-2002 .

Technical specifications

Parameter	Data
crew	1
Passengers	1
Length (without rotor)	5.49 m
height	2.70 m
Rotor diameter	6.40 m
Empty mass	280 kg
Max. Takeoff mass	480 kg
Cruising speed	150 km / h
Top speed	194 km / h
Service ceiling	4500 m
Range / flight time	2.5 hours
Engine	Rotax 917 -Ti four-cylinder, four-stroke boxer engine with 95 kW

See also

• List of aircraft types

Web links

Commons : Cicaré CH-8  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• CH-8 on taringa.net (Spanish), accessed February 8, 2017
• CH-8 at infoavion.com.ar (Spanish), accessed February 8, 2017
• CH-8 at sentidosdesign.wordpress.com (Spanish), accessed February 8, 2017
• CH-8 on avia.pro accessed on February 8, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ CH-8 on avia.pro , accessed on February 8, 2017
2. ↑ ^{a b} Data from cicare.com.ar (English), accessed on February 8, 2016
3. ↑ CH-8 on avia.pro accessed on February 8, 2017