Sikorsky S-92 Helicopter

The S-92 is a medium lift helicopter designed by Sikorsky in 1995 for a number of roles, including executive transport, airline transport, EMS, Search-And-Rescue, offshore oil work, Heads-Of-State transport, and as a military helicopter (the Canadian CH-148 Cyclone) carrying 45 troops. As an airline helicopter, the S-92 seats 19 passengers; when designed for executive and VIP transport, seats are reduced to nine, with a lavatory and a galley. Armor is increased for both HOS and military roles.

The helicopter burns 245 gallons of jet fuel per hour of routine usage. A full tank of fuel costs $2,280.

Subassemblies: Body +5, Top-and-tail rotor +1, six retractable Small Wheels +1.

Powertrain: Two 2,043-kW Improved gas turbines; 4,086-kW Improved TTR drivetrain, 2,300-kWs advanced battery.

Fuel: 760 gallons jet fuel (Fire 13) in two light self-sealing tanks [Sponsons] (fire +0).

Occupancy: 2 RCS, 19 NPS or 9 RPS.

Cargo: 140 cf (2,800 lbs.) [Body].

Armor F RL B T U

All: 3/7 3/7 3/7 3/7 3/7

Equipment:

Body: Civilian Helicopter Package (autopilot, GPS, long-range radio (300 miles), navigation instruments, 1-mile searchlight, transponder), 21-man environmental control, backup driver option, flight recorder, non-targeting (weather) radar (50-mile).

Statistics:

Size: 68'x12'x21' Payload: 4.5 tons Lwt.: 13.25 tons

Volume: 1375 cf Maint.: 9 hours Price: $14,000,000

HT: 9. HPs: 557 Body, 246 Rotors, 50 each Wheel.

aSpeed: 174 aAccel: 5 aDecel: 9 aMR: 2 aSR: 3

Stall speed 0.

Design Notes:

Body is 1,375 cf; rotor is 27.5 cf; wheels are 68.75 cf. Structure is light, standard with fair streamlining. Armor is standard composite. Mechanical controls. Fuel tanks are light, seal-sealing. Empty weight is 17,497 lbs. Asking price for a 2001 model was $7,700,000. Design aSpeed is 329; the real-world value is shown. Design weight was 15% too low (but could readily change for alternate applications); real-world maximum take-off weight was used for all performance calculations. Fly-by-wire electronic controls will be introduced in 2008. Maintenance values were calculated from design cost.

Variants:

None, except as redesigned for alternate primary roles.

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