Airbus has developed a blade-tip illumination system designed to provide pilots greater rotor blade clearance in confined-area and mountainside rescue.
H145
Axel Humpert, senior VP and head of the H145 Program, shared about bookings, new customers and contracts, and new technologies. First, he started with a rundown of the status of H145s worldwide. He said there are 1,600 aircraft in service, 330 operators, and 7 million flight hours in 70 operating countries. Airbus has 200 helicopter bookings, with 83 H145s sold. Key industries using this model are medical services, business aviation, pax transport, public services, light utility, and armed scout. In 2022, the light twin-engine helicopters, the H135 and H145, had 22% and 43% of helicopter sales, respectively. They are also serving the civil para-public and military markets.
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Five blade versions are in service on all continents. Illuminated rotor blades for tight spaces and night flying.
• ADS-B with Lynx transponder, search and rescue radar. • AFCS modes, including assisted helipad takeoff system, for automated takeoff and landing.
Blade folding for storage in a hangar and tight spaces.
• A new police mission system and new lights on the exterior. • Video recording of the pilot’s cockpit and tail rotor cameras. • •
Upload and download data in the cockpit.
Safer and more cost-effective hoist significantly benefits the operator.
• New weapons system being finalized for military applications. • Vortex protection includes autopilot to keep the pilot from flying into objects.
Regarding folding blades, Humpert said that this concept started in a fictional film, but “It is now realized.” All five blades fold back, and Airbus has now demonstrated this to its customers. The kit is now developed and is being sold.
More about the new AFCS modes – they offer an assisted helipad takeoff system (pilot automation for landing and takeoff) that
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brings the helicopter to a safe landing through automation. “The pilot can concentrate on the environment, other than mastering all the powerful things, and he or she can also concentrate on takeoff decisions,” Humpert said, “It is a relief for the pilot.”
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