KAI Surion
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| Type: | Multipurpose helicopter |
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| Manufacturer: |
Korea Aerospace Industries |
| First flight: |
March 10, 2010 |
| Commissioning: |
2012 |
| Number of pieces: |
245 (planned) |
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The KAI Surion is an 8-ton class military helicopter . The multi-purpose helicopter is a joint development by Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) and Eurocopter as part of the Korean Utility Helicopter Program (dt. Korean Utility Helicopter) . It was presented to the public for the first time on July 31, 2009; the first flight of the prototype took place on March 10, 2010.
aims
The helicopter is to replace older models such as the UH-1 and the MD 500 of the Korean armed forces and also serve as the technical basis for a whole range of other in-house developments of the Korean helicopter program KPH, according to the plan.
Program partnership
It is within the KHP (Korean Helicopter Program to German Korean helicopter program developed) KAI with the support of Eurocopter and 17 other South Korean and 11 foreign companies. Eurocopter was selected as a partner by the South Korean government in 2005 and the contract was signed on June 26, 2006. The program started in 2006 and on July 31, 2009 the first prototype was completed at KAI's South Korean plant in Dingon . From 2011, 245 pieces will be delivered to the South Korean army at a price of around 32 million US dollars each.
Exports
In 2007, it was agreed in a memorandum of understanding for the export market (a joint company venture joint to start), 51% and Eurocopter will hold 49% stake in KAI. This will be responsible for the marketing and export of the helicopter to other countries.
Technical specifications
The Surion is equipped with a non-retractable landing gear and will have a FLIR . The external appearance is strongly reminiscent of the Super Puma from Eurocopter. In addition to technical support, the European partner also provides the gearbox, rotor mast and autopilot . Two 1800 kW turbine shaft drives with FADEC serve as the drive .
| Parameter | Data |
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| crew | 2 |
| Passengers | 11 or 9 fully equipped soldiers |
| Rotor diameter | 15.8 m |
| length | about 15 m |
| height | about 4.5 m |
| Trunk width | about 2.0 m |
| normal takeoff mass | 8709 kg |
| Max. Takeoff mass | 8936 kg |
| Tank capacity | 929 kg |
| Range | 525 km |
| Cruising speed | 266 km / h with normal takeoff mass |
| Altitude | 2800 m at normal take-off mass |
| Flight duration | about 2.77 h |
| drive | two General Electric T700-GE-701 shaft turbines with 1800 kW each |
literature
- Claudio Müller: Airplanes in the world. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-613-03174-6 .
Web links
- Official website KAI KUH (English)
- Information about the KHP program
- Korea: cooperation in full swing (Eurocopter)
Individual evidence
- ↑ KBS World News (English)
- ↑ www.koreaaero.com, 10 Mar 2010, (English) ( 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.
- ↑ Eurocopter: The KHP Program Takes Off ( Memento of the original from January 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ FliegerRevue September 2009, p. 8, rollout of the South Korean helicopter KUH
- ↑ Eurocopter press release, October 18, 2007, accessed on November 5, 2009 ( Memento of the original from September 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ KAI KUH (Deagel)
- ↑ Official website
