Airbus Helicopters H175

Medium-Lift Utility Helicopter [ 2014 ]

A pair of prototypes and one production-quality airframe served in the EC175 testing program for Airbus Helicopters - the series introduced in late-2014.

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Expanding the Airbus Helicopters medium-lift utility helicopter product line is the in-development EC175 model. With market interest in modern medium-class replacements, Airbus interested enough parties to push ahead with an all-new design to help broaden its market reach. The EC175 became a product of this work that was begun in 2005. In 2008, the product was officially showcased at Heli-Expo where orders for over 100 were taken. A prototype helicopter was flown on December 17th, 2009 to prove the design sound.

The EC175 is a conventional helicopter through and through. It holds a well-sloped, windowed nose cone offering expanded forward views from the two-seat cockpit. Pilots sit in a traditional side-by-side arrangement. Passenger seating behind the flight deck is expansive as medium helicopters go with each fuselage side covered by a sliding access door - total accommodation numbering up to eighteen depending on the internal seating configuration used. The pilots enter and exit the cockpit through conventional, automobile-style hinged doors. The tail stem houses the drive shaft powering the tail rotor which is seated to portside. The main rotor sits atop the twin-engine layout which themselves are seated atop the passenger cabin. The helicopter features an all-wheel undercarriage that is wholly retractable. Horizontal tailplanes are featured along the tail section, though well-aft of the tail stem and are found at the base of the vertical tail fin.

Power to the type is through 2 x Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6C-67E turboshaft engines developing 1,776 shaft horsepower each. This will provide a maximum speed of 195 miles per hour with a cruising speed of about 177 miles per hour. Range is listed to be 782 miles with a service ceiling of 19,685 feet.

While the helicopter is set to be produced in France as the EC175, AVIC of China has been granted local production of the type as the AC352. These will carry the in-house WZ-16 series turboshaft engine.©MilitaryFactory.com

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June 2021 - Airbus Helicopters has showcased a new version of its H175 utilizing a higher reliance on Western parts suppliers as oppose to those of Chinese origination.

Specifications

Service Year

2014

Origin

France

Status

ACTIVE
In Active Service.

Crew

2

Production

100
UNITS

Airbus Helicopters / Eurocopter - France / Harbin Aircraft Industry Group (HAIG) - China

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Belgium; China; France; Hong Kong; Ireland; Mexico; Netherlands; Russia; Thailand; United Kingdom; United States

(OPERATORS list includes past, present, and future operators when applicable)

✓ Transport
General transport functionality to move supplies/cargo or personnel (including wounded and VIP) over range.

Length

51.5 ft
(15.70 m)

Width/Span

48.6 ft
(14.80 m)

Height

11.5 ft
(3.50 m)

Empty Wgt

10,141 lb
(4,600 kg)

MTOW

16,535 lb
(7,500 kg)

Wgt Diff

+6,393 lb
(+2,900 kg)

(Showcased structural values pertain to the base Airbus Helicopters H175 production variant)

Installed: 2 x Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6C-67E turboshaft engines developing 1,776 horsepower driving a four-bladed main rotor and three-bladed tail rotor.

Max Speed

172 mph
(277 kph | 150 kts)

Ceiling

19,685 ft
(6,000 m | 4 mi)

Range

783 mi
(1,260 km | 2,334 nm)

♦ MACH Regime (Sonic)

Sub

Trans

Super

Hyper

HiHyper

ReEntry

♦

(Showcased performance specifications pertain to the base Airbus Helicopters H175 production variant. Performance specifications showcased above are subject to environmental factors as well as aircraft configuration. Estimates are made when Real Data not available. Compare this aircraft entry against any other in our database or View aircraft by powerplant type)

Civilian versions unarmed. Militarized forms will most likely carry door-mounted General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMGs) or similar for local defense/suppression.

Supported Types

Graphical image of an aircraft medium machine gun

(Not all ordnance types may be represented in the showcase above)

H175 - Series designation under Airbus Helicopters brand label.

EC175 - Base Series Designation under Eurocopter brand label.

AC352 - Chinese variant with WZ-15 engine; production by AVIC.

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