Winner B150
{{Short description|Belgian kit helicopter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2022}}
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The Winner B150 is a Belgian helicopter that was designed and produced by Winner SBS of Dinant. Now out of production, when it was available the aircraft was supplied complete and ready-to-fly-aircraft or as a kit for amateur construction.Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 212. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}
Design and development
The B150 was designed to comply with the French CNSK rules. It features a single main rotor and tail rotor, a two-seats-in side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit with a bubble windshield, skid landing gear and a {{convert|160|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Solar T62T-32 turboshaft engine.
The aircraft fuselage is made from aluminum and composites. Its two-bladed rotor has a diameter of {{convert|7.67|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} and a chord of {{convert|19|cm|in|1|abbr=on}}. The aircraft has a typical empty weight of {{convert|400|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} and a gross weight of {{convert|700|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}, giving a useful load of {{convert|300|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}. With full fuel of {{convert|165|L}} the payload for the pilot, passenger and baggage is {{convert|157|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}.
Reviewer Werner Pfaendler, describes the design as providing "easy and fun flying".
Production of the B150 was suspended due to deficiencies in the Solar T62 powerplant. The company said, "it was decided to abandon the Solar T62 turbine; this second-hand power source appeared to be obsolete, difficult to find in a proper condition and with limited performance". Instead the company redesigned the airframe to accept a {{convert|200|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} piston engine as the B200 and also a {{convert|250|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} TS100 turboshaft engine as the B250.{{cite web|url = http://www.winnerhelico.com/|title = Winner SCS - Presentation of Winner B200/B250|accessdate = 11 January 2018|author=Winner SBS|work =winnerhelico.com }}
Specifications (B150)
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See also
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.winnerhelico.com/}}
Category:2010s Belgian civil utility aircraft