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Exterior adaptability: The aircraft is available with standard skids or optional high skids for increased ground clearance and compatibility with a firefighting water tank. Optional equipment includes a 3,000-pound HEC-rated cargo hook, utility basket, wire strike protection kit, and pop-out floats.
• Advanced avionics: The R88 features a Garmin avionics suite, including large G500H TXi displays and GTN navigators with touch-screen controls. The G500H TXi includes a crew alerting system. A standard 4-axis autopilot with features such as level mode, hover assist, limit cueing, and low/high speed protection. Standard data recording with datalink and a health usage monitoring system (HUMS) simplifies operation and maintenance.
• Enhanced safety: The R88 incorporates dual hydraulics for pitch and roll for critical flight controls. Other standard safety features include an inlet barrier filter and impact- resistant windshields certified to Part 29 transport helicopter requirements. New LED exterior lighting — including pulse landing and taxi lights, tail-rotor lighting, scene lighting, and entry lights — further enhance safety.
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Innovative design: The R88 introduces dual cyclic controls with removable controls on both sides, allowing the pilot-in-command to be in either the left or right seat with a passenger in the other seat. The aircraft will be
type-certified for optional single-pilot IFR operations. The all-new interior design features comfortable, functional seating, easy-to-maintain materials, and a versatile layout.
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Affordability: The R88 is priced starting at $3.3 million USD in current dollars for the highly equipped standard configuration.
The R88 is an all-new type certificate, undergoing rigorous testing and engineering for every aspect of the aircraft.
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