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Model 7002
Role General-purpose helicopterType of aircraft
Manufacturer Fiat Aviazione
First flight 26 January 1961
Number built 1

The Fiat Model 7002 was a 1960s Italian general-purpose helicopter with a tip jet driven rotor built by Fiat Aviazione. Only one aircraft was built.

Development

In the early 1960s, under an Italian government contract, Fiat Aviazione designed the Model 7002, a medium-capacity transport helicopter. It had an unusually-shaped fuselage made from light-alloy sheets to provide accommodation for two crew and up to five passengers. The fuselage was mounted on a skid landing gear and the fuselage had a simple tailboom with a tail rotor. A two-blade main rotor was mounted above the fuselage, with the rotor driven by compressed air propulsion nozzles at the blade-tips. The compressed air was generated by a Fiat 4700 turbo gas generator located in the rear fuselage. The prototype helicopter first flew on 26 January 1961 but no production aircraft were built.

Specifications

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1-2
  • Capacity: 5-6
  • Length: 6.12 m (20 ft 1 in) (fuselage)
  • Width: 1.4 m (4 ft 7 in) (fuselage)
  • Height: 2.88 m (9 ft 5 in)
  • Empty weight: 600 kg (1,323 lb)
  • Gross weight: 1,400 kg (3,086 lb)
  • Fuel capacity: 525 L (138.7 US gal; 115.5 imp gal) in fuel tanks above the cabin
  • Powerplant: 1 × Fiat 4700 Turbo-compressor, 400 kW (530 hp) gas equivalent power
  • Main rotor diameter: 12 m (39 ft 4 in)
  • Main rotor area: 113.112 m (1,217.53 sq ft)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 170 km/h (110 mph, 92 kn) at sea level
  • Cruise speed: 135 km/h (84 mph, 73 kn) at sea level
  • Range: 300 km (190 mi, 160 nmi)
  • Service ceiling: 3,400 m (11,200 ft).

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

References

  1. Bridgman, Leonard, ed. (1958). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59. London: Jane's All the World's Aircraft Publishing Co. Ltd. p. 192.
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