SKT Skyrider 06
Skyrider 06 | |
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Role | Helicopter |
National origin | Switzerland |
Manufacturer | |
First flight | 2013 |
Status | In production (2018) |
Produced | January 2014 - present |
The SKT Skyrider 06 is a Swiss helicopter, designed and produced by of Ambrì. It was first flown in 2013 and entered series production in January 2014. The aircraft is supplied complete and ready-to-fly.[1]
Design and development[]
The Skyrider development was started in December 2011. In June 2013 the company was formed to produce the aircraft and the first production examples were completed in January 2014.[1][2][3]
The design 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, liquid-cooled, four stroke 155 hp (116 kW) Italian piston engine.[1][2][3]
The aircraft fuselage is made from steel tubing, with a carbon fibre composite cockpit and tailboom. The aircraft's composite three-bladed main rotor has a diameter of 7.0 m (23.0 ft). The composite tail rotor has two blades and a diameter of 1.4 m (4.6 ft). The cabin width is 130 cm (51.2 in). The aircraft has a gross weight of 600 kg (1,323 lb). With full fuel of 110 litres (24 imp gal; 29 US gal) the payload for the pilot, passengers and baggage is 230 kg (507 lb).[1][4]
Reviewer Werner Pfaendler, describes it as an "elegant design".[1]
Operational history[]
By January 2018 one example had been registered in Canada with Transport Canada under the Special Certificate of Airworthiness Limited category.[5]
Specifications (Skyrider)[]
Data from Tacke and manufacturer[1][4]
General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Capacity: one passenger
- Length: 2.00 m (6.57 ft)
- Height: 2.28 m (7 ft 6 in)
- Gross weight: 600 kg (1,323 lb)
- Fuel capacity: 110 litres (24 imp gal; 29 US gal)
- Powerplant: 1 × four cylinder, liquid-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine, 116 kW (155 hp)
- Main rotor diameter: 7.0 m (23 ft 0 in)
- Main rotor area: 38 m2 (410 sq ft)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 200 km/h (120 mph, 110 kn)
- Cruise speed: 157 km/h (98 mph, 85 kn)
- Never exceed speed: 200 km/h (124 mph, 108 kn)
- Endurance: 5 hours and 10 minutes
- Service ceiling: 3,000 m (10,000 ft)
- Rate of climb: 7.5 m/s (1,480 ft/min)
- Disk loading: 15.7 kg/m2 (3.2 lb/sq ft)
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 212. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN 1368-485X
- ^ a b SKT Swiss Kopter Technology SA. "How Skyrider was born". www.skthelicopters.ch. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ a b SKT Swiss Kopter Technology SA. "About Us". www.skthelicopters.ch. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ a b SKT Swiss Kopter Technology SA. "Skyrider Technical Data". www.skthelicopters.ch. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ Transport Canada (10 January 2018). "Canadian Civil Aircraft Register". Retrieved 10 January 2018.
External links[]
- SKT aircraft
- 2010s Swiss civil utility aircraft
- 2010s Swiss helicopters
- Aircraft first flown in 2013