Connectez-vous ou enregistrez-vous. Voir le deal. Eurocopter H Eurocopter celebrates the maiden flight of its new EC helicopter Marignane, December 17 EC, the latest member of the Eurocopter range, today performed its official maiden flight in the skies above Marignane. Officials, industrial partners, launch customers and Eurocopter employees were all on hand for the event. This newest addition to the Eurocopter family in the 7-metric-ton class has been developed and manufactured in cooperation with the China Aeronautics Industries Group Corp.
AVIC , a longstanding Eurocopter partner. This is the product everyone's been waiting for on the civil market. I would like to congratulate and thank our colleagues from China, all our personnel who invested so much time and effort in this project, and, of course, our industrial partners. J'aime Je n'aime pas. Poncho Admin. Beau rotor 5 pales Et pour moi c'est 7 tonnes en charge N'est ce pas?
Cet appareil est en configuration offshore. Eurocopter today announced that the 7-metric-ton helo has demonstrated better than anticipated performance in flight trials. The revised performance give theEC an naut. The helicopter maker also is working on an 18 passenger configuration, which would have a range of naut. Announced on 12 December, the deferral of the approval process until mid means entry-into-service is now pegged for September next year. The airframer says the certification process for the proprietary Helionix avionics system to be deployed on the EC has been "far more demanding and complex than for previous legacy avionics systems".
Although Eurocopter has tested the system on ground rigs and its two flight-test aircraft, it has decided to expand its validation efforts. The two flying prototypes have so far accumulated a total of h, and are now progressing with endurance trials.
Further certification of the EC at an increased maximum take-off weight of 7, kg. As part of its investment in support and services resources, Airbus Helicopters installed and certified an EC Level D full-flight simulator at its Marignane, France headquarters, which enabled pilot training to begin prior to the start-up of EC deliveries.
