Agusta A.115
{{Short description|1961 Italian light helicopter prototype}}
{{Infobox aircraft
|name= A.115
|image= File:Agusta-115 (AGUC).jpg
|caption=
|type= Light helicopter
|manufacturer= Agusta
|designer=
|first_flight= 1961
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|retired=
|status= Cancelled
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|produced=
|number_built= 1
|developed_from = Bell 47J Ranger
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}}
The Agusta A.115 (registration I-AGUC) was a prototype helicopter flown in 1961 in Italy. It was essentially a Bell 47J-3 with an unclad, tubular tail boom, and powered by a Turbomeca Astazou II turboshaft engine. No production ensued.
Specifications
{{Aircraft specs
|ref=Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1961–62Taylor 1961, p. 97.
|prime units?=met
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|crew=1
|capacity=3 passengers or three stretchers and medical attendant
|length m=
|length ft=32
|length in=6
|height m=2.94
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|empty weight kg=730
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|gross weight kg=1350
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|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Turbomeca Astazou II
|eng1 type=turboshaft
|eng1 kw=
|eng1 hp=480
|rot number=1
|rot dia m=
|rot dia ft=37
|rot dia in=2
|rot area sqm=101
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|max speed kmh=170
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|cruise speed kmh=150
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|range km=260
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|ceiling m=4750
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See also
References
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{{reflist}}
- {{cite book|last=Taylor|first=John W. R.|title=Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1961–62|year=1961|publisher=Sampson Low, Marston & Company|location=London|authorlink=John W. R. Taylor}}
- {{cite book|last=Taylor|first=M. J. H.|year=1989|title=Jane's encyclopedia of aviation|location=London|publisher=Studio Editions|pages=40|isbn= 1-85170-324-1}}
- {{cite book |last= Simpson |first= R. W. |title=Airlife's Helicopters and Rotorcraft |year=1998 |publisher=Airlife Publishing |location=Ramsbury |pages=37 }}
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Category:1970s Italian civil utility aircraft
Category:1960s Italian helicopters
Category:Aircraft first flown in 1961
Category:Single-turbine helicopters