Aérospatiale Alouette II

The Aérospatiale SA- 318C SE.3130 to Alouette II is a helicopter from French production. She was one of the first mass-produced helicopter types since the development of usable and airworthy helicopter gas turbine engine.

Description

The Alouette (French for Lark ) II Sud -Est SE.3130 is powered by a Turbomeca Artouste II, the Sud- Aviation SA - 318C by a Astazou IV. The consortium of manufacturers Aérospatiale Alouette II made ​​with a skid landing gear, three-bladed main rotor and a two-bladed tail rotor.

Except for some struts to stabilize the spatially non-differentiated from the cockpit cabin is fully glazed. The fuselage frame and tail boom are manufactured in Stahlrohrgerüstbau way and not disguised. The lack of fairing are unobstructed view and easy access to the driving elements behind the pulpit. The Alouette was widely read and used in military and civil area for passenger transport and as an observer, but especially in flight training ( here mainly due to the version with only one engine to perform auto rotations). Previously, she used sometimes for patient transport in air rescue, due to the limited space but rather sporadically.

As the first model helicopter Alouette II was used in numerous German police helicopter squadrons, including the mission control and border surveillance at the Federal (now Federal Police, by the end of 2007), the German Federal Armed Forces ( until early 2008 ), the Swiss company Air Zermatt and Air Glaciers (especially the successor Lama), the Swiss Air Force, the Turkish police, the French and Belgian armed forces and the Argentine Air Force.

For the training of the young pilot Alouette II is particularly suitable because the manual control indirect tax forgiving and flies without automatic, ie with a non-stabilized control allows. Flight Stabilizing elements, such as those found in modern twin-engine helicopters, are absent in the Alouette II This means that the pilot very carefully and deliberately handle the controls must and so get a good sense of how the machine responds to operate the controls.

Military user

  • Germany Germany
  • Guinea- Bissau Guinea- Bissau
  • India India: 250 built under license by HAL Cheetah
  • Indonesia Indonesia: 3
  • Israel Israel: 4
  • Cambodia: 8
  • Cameroon Cameroon: 5
  • Katanga Katanga: 2
  • Lebanon Lebanon: 3
  • Morocco Morocco: 14
  • Mexico: 2
  • Nepal Nepal
  • Netherlands Netherlands: 8
  • Austria Austria: 16
  • Pakistan Pakistan: 40
  • Peru Peru: 6
  • Portugal: 8
  • Republic of Congo Republic of Congo
  • Sud Vietnam South Vietnam: 2
  • Rhodesia Rhodesia: 6
  • Romania Romania: 2
  • Sweden Sweden: 25
  • Switzerland Switzerland: 30
  • Senegal Senegal
  • South Africa 1961 South Africa: 7
  • Flag of South Korea South Korea
  • Togo Togo
  • Tunisia: 8
  • Turkey Turkey
  • United Kingdom United Kingdom

Specifications

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