IRI T22B
{{Short description|Italian helicopter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2022}}
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The IRI T22B is an Italian helicopter that was designed and produced by Italian Rotors Industries of Aprilia, Lazio. Now out of production, when it was available the aircraft was supplied complete and ready-to-fly.Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 208. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}
The company seems to have been founded about 2013 and gone out of business in June 2016, ending production.{{cite web|url= https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.irihelicopters.eu/ |title=IRI Helicopters |website=Internet Archive Wayback Machine |access-date=30 December 2017}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|url = https://www.facebook.com/irihelicopters|title = Italian Rotors Industries |access-date = 30 December 2017|author=Italian Rotors Industries |work = Facebook|date = 28 June 2016}}
Design and development
The T22B features a single main rotor and tail rotor, a two-seats-in side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit with a windshield, skid landing gear and a four-cylinder, air-cooled, four stroke {{convert|160|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Lycoming O-320-B2C aircraft engine.
The aircraft fuselage is made from composites. Its two-bladed rotor has a diameter of {{convert|7.6|m|ft|1|abbr=on}}. The aircraft has a typical empty weight of {{convert|355|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} and a gross weight of {{convert|650|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}, giving a useful load of {{convert|295|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}. With full fuel of {{convert|70|L}}, the payload for the crew, passenger and baggage is {{convert|244|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}.
In 2015, reviewer Werner Pfaendler described the T22B's design as "elegant".
Variants
;T22B
:Version with {{convert|160|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Lycoming O-320-B2C powerplant.
;T23B
:Version with {{convert|180|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Lycoming O-360-A2J powerplant.
Specifications (T22B)
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See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.irihelicopters.eu/ Official website archives] on Archive.org
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