Kopter
Freezes SH09 Design
Kopter
has frozen the design of its SH09 turbine single-engine helicopter and will
begin assembly of its first production aircraft by mid-2020, the company
announced yesterday. It further said the final design will be revealed next
month at Heli-Expo in Anaheim, California, where it plans to present a
full-scale mockup of the helicopter kitted with a seven-seat “Traveller”
configuration designed and manufactured in cooperation with Metro Aviation.
The
design freeze comes one year after Kopter began accelerated flight testing of
prototype P3 at its flight-test center in Pozzalla, Sicily. Kopter also said it
would reveal its SH09 training simulator developed with VRM Switzerland at
Heli-Expo.
Earlier
this year, Kopter announced it was redesigning the SH09 to feature a larger
cabin and increased mtow. At that time, the company said the redesign allowed
the helicopter to carry an additional passenger and increase its mtow to 6,613
pounds from 6,283 pounds, due in part to a redesign of the fuel tank system. In
October, Kopter revealed that it had successfully tested a new main gearbox
aboard aircraft P3.
The
Swiss company claims it has orders for more than 70 SH09 helicopters.
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