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Along with the Alouette III, the Cheetah was a key product for HAL; experience from manufacturing the type aided in the later development of more advanced indigenous helicopters such as the HAL Dhruv. [5] During the 1990s, HAL developed an armed light attack helicopter based upon the Cheetah, which was given the name Lancer. [6] [7]
The group of designers from Aerostar used about 3.5 tons of parts recovered from various wrecks found and reached a total of 8000 drawings. As no original BMW 801 engines were available, Chinese made Dongan Hs-7, license built copy of the Shvetsov ASh-82FN engines, were used. These engines had about 200 hp more than the original BMW engines.
Only aircraft designated after the adoption of the Tri-Service system are listed below. For aircraft in the sequence designated before 1962, see List of United States Air Force aircraft designations (1919–1962) § H: Helicopter (1948–1962). H-46 Sea Knight – Boeing Vertol; H-47 Chinook – Boeing Vertol; H-48 – Bell (redesignated UH-1F)
Three A200s acquired for use in the Cefly Lancer program as RU-21Js; CEFLY is an acronym standing for Communications and Electronics Forward Looking Flying. [citation needed] In 1984 these were modified with new VIP interiors, returning to the U.S. Army as C-12Ls. [21] UC-12M Support aircraft for U.S. Navy based in King Air B200C. Twelve built ...
The initial variant of the Lancer was to be the CL-1200-1, powered by a single J79-GE-19 turbojet which was an uprated version of the engine used in the F-104. The second, more advanced variant, the CL-1200-2, was to have redesigned center and rear fuselage sections that could accommodate a modern turbofan engine as an improvement on the J79 ...
IAR 330L SOCAT – attack helicopter, total of 25 produced during the early to mid 2000s. [1] IAR 330 NAVAL – naval helicopter. 3 built between 2005 and 2008, with further trials and upgrades up to 2015. [7] [21] IAR 330 SM – equipped with Turbomeca Makila 1A1 engines [22] (export configuration for the United Arab Emirates).
The AW189 is a medium-sized twin-engined helicopter with a five-bladed fully articulated main rotor, a four-bladed tail rotor and a retractable tricycle landing gear.It is powered by two General Electric CT7-2E1 turboshaft engines.
The Champion 402 Lancer is a twin-engine trainer produced by Champion Aircraft, a high-wing monoplane based on the tricycle gear Champion 7FC Tri-Traveler, but with wing-mounted Continental O-200-A engines. [3] The Lancer first flew in 1961 and production began in 1963. [4]