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Aerospatiale AS.350 and AS.355

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

J. Boulet
J. Boulet*
Affiliation:
Helicopter Division, Aerospatiale
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The five-six seater single-engine helicopters represent a large share of the civil market. The market studies show that the main target to be reached in this field is to succeed in having a purchase price and operating costs significantly lower than those of current aircraft.

But the quality aspect of the helicopter should not be overlooked: the comfort and performance data should remain at a competitive level; the helicopter should have a high reliability level and offer easy maintenance characteristics.

Therefore the light advanced helicopter should represent an excellent cost efficiency compromise. This was the constant target kept in mind all along the design, development and production phases of the AS.350 (see Fig. 1).

Type
A New Generation of Civil Helicopters
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 83 , Issue 823 , July 1979 , pp. 245 - 249
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1979 

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