Helicopter Categories

[Guest graunch1]

In CARs the description of helicopters seems to be based around the number of seats and Gross weight of 9000kg and if it met Cat A or B standards

 

Industry has always regarded helicopters based on whether they are light,medium or heavy. Is there a specific standard somewhere or is this definition one of historical note vs actual numbers?

[ame206350]

In CARs the description of helicopters seems to be based around the number of seats and Gross weight of 9000kg and if it met Cat A or B standards

 

Industry has always regarded helicopters based on whether they are light,medium or heavy. Is there a specific standard somewhere or is this definition one of historical note vs actual numbers?

 

Don't forget "intermediate".

[Guest graunch1]

I guess we could also include junior and Giant mondo grossen flappy thing from Russia

[47B3]

Graunch:

 

From the Canadian Interagency Fire Fighting Cente Glossary:

 

Lights - 1 to 4 passenger seats, up to 1500 lbs on the hook

 

Intermediates - 5 to 8 passenger seats, up to 2500 lbs hook

 

Mediums - 9 to 14 passenger seats, up to 6000 lbs hook

 

Heavy - 15+ passenger seats, up to 25,000 lbs hook

 

Always some oddball ones to categorize: KMax, B214 (considered a heavy)

[ame206350]

I guess we could also include junior and Giant mondo grossen flappy thing from Russia

 

[Reddog]

The military have their definition, Transport Canada have their definition, all the customers have their definition and all the pilots have their own (undefined) definition, so it all depends on who you ask and what their particular slant on the subject is.

 

The Bell UH-1 series and the S76 series are generally referred to as mediums. Anything smaller is a "light", the dividing line between medium and heavy is much fuzzier, especially with the advent of the AW139.

 

By the way, don't listen to the "intermediate" crowd. They all have "medium" envy and don't want to be considered light drivers.

[Skidbiter]

By the way, don't listen to the "intermediate" crowd. They all have "medium" envy and don't want to be considered light drivers.

 

 

 

 

Ha

 

 

As long as it has swing wings and not stiff wings, I don't care what else it gets called :punk:

[deuce]

By the way, don't listen to the "intermediate" crowd. They all have "medium" envy and don't want to be considered light drivers. Quote

 

 

Don't listen to the "medium" crowd, they all want to fly comfortable like the "intermediate" crowd. And in some cases lift just as much!!