EuroFAR

European Future Advanced Rotorcraft (EuroFAR) was a proposed tiltrotor passenger aircraft that was developed beginning in 1986,[1] until it was abandoned in the late 1990s.[2][3] The project was initiated by a European consortium that included Aerospatiale, Agusta, Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB), Westland, Aeritalia, and Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA).[1]

Specifications

Data from Future Aeronautical and Space Systems (1997), pp. 62, 65[4]^:62,65

General characteristics

• Crew: 2 pilots, 1 flight attendant
• Capacity: 30 passengers
• Length: 22.4 m (73 ft 6 in)
• Wingspan: 14.6 m (47 ft 11 in)
• Max takeoff weight: 15,000 kg (33,069 lb) VTOL: 13,650 kg (30,090 lb)
• Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney PW300 turboshaft, 3,185 kW (4,271 hp) each
• Main rotor diameter: × 11.2 m (36 ft 9 in)

Performance

• Cruise speed: 620 km/h (386 mph, 335 kn)
• Range: 1,230 km (764 mi, 664 nmi) with maximum standard fuel
• Rate of climb: 11 m/s (2,200 ft/min)

See also

• AgustaWestland AW609
• Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey

References

1. Liberatore Foscolo (November 1987). EUROFAR convertiplane detailed (PDF). Science & Technology: Europe & Latin America (Report). JPRS Report. JPRS-ELS-87-054. Translated by Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) (published 17 December 1987). Aeronautica e Difesa. pp. 4–5.
2. Sarsfield, Kate (7 July 1999). "European split on competitor to V-22 tiltrotor". Flight International. p. 17. ISSN 0015-3710.
3. Kingsley-Jones, Max (21 July 1999). "Eurotilt consortium drives for tiltrotor funding from EC". Flight International. p. 17. ISSN 0015-3710.
4. Noor, Ahmed K.; Venneri, Samuel L., eds. (1997). Future aeronautical and space systems. Progress in astronautics and aeronautics. 172. ISBN 1-56347-188-4. OCLC 925203604.

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