RotorWay A600 Talon explained

The RotorWay A600 Talon is an American helicopter, designed and produced by RotorWay International of Chandler, Arizona. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction.[1]

By April 2017 the company seemed to have dropped the name Talon, referring to the aircraft just as the A600.[2]

Design and development

The A600 Talon is a development of the RotorWay Exec and externally resembles the earlier design. The A600 incorporates a different structure, a shaft-driven tail rotor, taller and longer landing skids and a new in-house developed turbocharged powerplant.

The A600 features a single main rotor, a two-seats in side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit with a windshield, skid-type landing gear and a turbocharged four-stroke, 1470NaN0 RotorWay RI 600S engine that drives the 251NaN1 diameter two-bladed rotor and conventional 50.251NaN1 diameter two-bladed tail rotor. The aircraft has an empty weight of 9650NaN0 and a gross weight of 15000NaN0, giving a useful load of 5350NaN0. With full fuel of the payload is 4330NaN0.[3]

The aircraft is capable of an in ground effect hover at 60000NaN0 and an out of ground effect hover at 40000NaN0

Operational history

By February 2013 seven examples had been registered in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration, one with the Civil Aviation Authority in the United Kingdom and one with Transport Canada.[4] [5] [6]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 194. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. Web site: The A600 . 17 April 2017. RotorWay. rotorway.com . 2017.
  3. Web site: A600 Talon Specifications. https://web.archive.org/web/20070823144419/http://www.rotorway.com/talon_specs.html. dead. 23 August 2007. 12 February 2012. RotorWay International. n.d..
  4. Web site: Make / Model Inquiry Results. 12 February 2013. Federal Aviation Administration. 12 February 2013. March 5, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305013514/http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/AcftRef_Results.aspx?Mfrtxt=&Modeltxt=A600+TALON&PageNo=1. dead.
  5. Web site: Canadian Civil Aircraft Register. 12 February 2013. Transport Canada. 12 February 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110718042755/http://wwwapps2.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/2/ccarcs/aspscripts/en/quicksearch.asp. 18 July 2011.
  6. Web site: GINFO Search Results Summary. https://archive.today/20130420070030/http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=60&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=detailnosummary&fullregmark=TALN. dead. April 20, 2013. 12 February 2013. Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom). 12 February 2013.