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Does anybody know of a list of twin engine helicopters that can truly fly on one engine. Ie twin ranger with twin c20's, bo 105 with twin c28's and the bk 117's. A 212 isn't much good on one engine with any load, nor is a twin star. This seems to be a grey area. For example, an operator says they have a twin...twin star, could you pull a stove on it and still fly?

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Does anybody know of a list of twin engine helicopters that can truly fly on one engine. Ie twin ranger with twin c20's, bo 105 with twin c28's and the bk 117's. A 212 isn't much good on one engine with any load, nor is a twin star. This seems to be a grey area. For example, an operator says they have a twin...twin star, could you pull a stove on it and still fly?

 

 

AS355N does.

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Does anybody know of a list of twin engine helicopters that can truly fly on one engine. Ie twin ranger with twin c20's, bo 105 with twin c28's and the bk 117's. A 212 isn't much good on one engine with any load, nor is a twin star. This seems to be a grey area. For example, an operator says they have a twin...twin star, could you pull a stove on it and still fly?

 

 

Tell your boss he ain't gonna get a CAT A performance light twin aircraft for $ 1-2 million, they cost $3-4 million. So he's gonna have do some more hours on the 500 while 'you' burn a hole in the company bank roll. LOL

 

There was a good article in one of the helicopter mags an issue so back that talked about this. Some of these twins mentioned above can have Cat A performance with a reduced internal payload and certain 'other' conditions and flight profiles. I think a true cat A JAR Ops aircraft would be like a MD 902

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:rolleyes: Well, we can still deliver a 13,000 lb turn, climb at 1800+ ft/min and return to service and vertical in for a landing in a confined area..... ;)

 

Close enough ???? :)

 

 

 

jesus...13000lb turns for real? well I guess that is what happens when you strap 2 big engines and blades to an I beam and call it a helicopter :up: .

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