Fiat 7002
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|type=General-purpose helicopter
|manufacturer=Fiat Aviazione
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|first_flight=26 January 1961
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The Fiat Model 7002 was a 1960s Italian general-purpose helicopter with a tip jet driven rotor built by Fiat Aviazione. Only one aircraft was built.
Development
In the early 1960s, under an Italian government contract, Fiat Aviazione designed the Model 7002, a medium-capacity transport helicopter. It had an unusually-shaped fuselage made from light-alloy sheets to provide accommodation for two crew and up to five passengers. The fuselage was mounted on a skid landing gear and the fuselage had a simple tailboom with a tail rotor. A two-blade main rotor was mounted above the fuselage, with the rotor driven by compressed air propulsion nozzles at the blade-tips. The compressed air was generated by a Fiat 4700 turbo gas generator located in the rear fuselage. The prototype helicopter first flew on 26 January 1961 but no production aircraft were built.
Specifications
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|crew=1-2
|capacity=5-6
|length m=6.12
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|width m=1.4
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|height m=2.88
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|empty weight kg=600
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|gross weight kg=1400
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|fuel capacity={{cvt|525|L|USgal impgal|1}} in fuel tanks above the cabin
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|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Fiat 4700
|eng1 type=Turbo-compressor
|eng1 hp=530
|eng1 note=gas equivalent power
|rot number=1
|rot dia m=12
|rot area sqm=113.112
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|max speed kmh=170
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|cruise speed kmh=135
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|range km=300
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|ceiling m=3400
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See also
References
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- {{citation |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1958/1958%20-%200108.html |title= Fiat's New Helicopter |work=Flight |date= 24 January 1958 |page=110}}
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing
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