Fiat 7002
| Model 7002 | |
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| Role | General-purpose helicopter |
| Manufacturer | Fiat Aviazione |
| First flight | 26 January 1961 |
| Number built | 1 |
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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 unusual 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
Data from Flight
General characteristics
- Crew: Two
- Capacity: Five passengers
- Length: 6.55 m (21 ft 5¾ in)
- Main rotor diameter: × 12 m (39 ft 4¼ in)
- Height: 2.98 m (9 ft 9¼ in)
- Main rotor area: 113.10 m2 (1,217.44 ft2)
- Empty weight: 675 kg (1,488 lb)
- Gross weight: 1,400 kg (3,086 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Fiat 4700 Turbo-generator, 404 kW (542 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 170 km/h (106 mph)
- Range: 300 km (186 miles)
- Service ceiling: 3,400 m (11,160 ft)
See also
- Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
References
- "Fiat's New Helicopter". Flight, 24 January 1958, p. 110.
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing