RotorWay Exec
| RotorWay Exec (utive) | |
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| Type: | Kit helicopter |
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| First flight: |
1980 |
| Commissioning: |
1980 |
| Production time: |
from 1980 |
The RotorWay Exec is a two-seat, single-engine kit - helicopter from the American manufacturer RotorWay International with a piston engine .
history
The helicopter was launched in 1980 as the Exec 90. After a bankruptcy and the re-establishment of RotorWay, an improved Exec 90 came on the market in 1990. In August 1994 the Exec 90 was replaced by the Exec 162F. The machine is sold as a kit without painting and avionics .
technology
It is a plastic / metal model with a conventional main / tail rotor design and a skid undercarriage . With the kit, the critical parts are delivered prefabricated. The wiring harness is pre-assembled. According to the factory, the construction time for an experienced mechanic is around 500 hours for the normal kit and 250 hours for the quick assembly kit that is only available today.
Like its predecessor, it had a 4-cylinder boxer engine with a carburetor . A special feature are the asymmetrically profiled rotor blades of the two-blade main rotor , which facilitate the autorotation process. The tail rotor is belt-driven to avoid a complicated and expensive gearbox.
The Exec 162F is currently being delivered, which has an injection engine with FADEC as a major innovation . Older Execs can be upgraded to the current status with an expansion stage.
By August 2003, 700 kits had been delivered. The price is USD 100,000 (2010).
Versions
- Exec90
- Predecessor model of the 162F with carburettor engine .
- 162E
- A modified version for the Russian market.
- Exec 162F
- Currently available version of the Exec.
- Exec 162 Pro
- A version from Pro-Drive Inc. not approved or available by the manufacturer with performance-enhancing modifications.
- JetExec
- A version not approved or available by the manufacturer. Wave turbine conversion from Kiss Aviation (Perris in the US state of California ); using a 112 kW solar T-62T-32 titanium turbine.
Technical data Exec 162F
(Manufacturer information)
| Parameter | Data (metric) at ISA |
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| crew | 2 |
| Hull length | 6.71 m |
| Main rotor diameter | 7.6 m |
| Tail rotor diameter | 1.2 m |
| height | 2.4 m |
| Empty mass | 442 kg |
| External payload | |
| Takeoff mass | 680 kg |
| drive | 1 × RotorWay RI 162 (4-cylinder, 4-stroke boxer engine with 2659 cm 3 displacement and water cooling) |
| fuel | 64 liters (from 92 to 100 octane ) |
| Starting power | 150 hp at 4,250 min -1 |
| Rate of climb | 305 m / min |
| HIGE | 2,130 m |
| HOGE | 1,065 m |
| Service ceiling | 3,047 m |
| Cruising speed | 153 km / h |
| Top speed | 185 km / h |
| Range | 290 km |
