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A.106
	Agusta A.106 maiden flight
Role	Light ASW helicopter
Manufacturer	Agusta
First flight	1965
Number built	2

The Agusta A.106 was a single-seat light helicopter designed to provide an ASW platform for the Impavido-class destroyers of the Italian Navy. The aircraft was provided with a sophisticated electronics suite by Ferranti for autostabilisation and contact identification. Two torpedoes could be slung under the fuselage. The tail and two-bladed main rotor could be folded for shipboard stowage, and the skid undercarriage had fittings for floatation bags.

Two prototypes were built, the first flying in November 1965. A pre-production batch of 5 was cancelled by the Navy in 1973.

[edit] Specifications

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1969-70 ^[1]

General characteristics

Crew: one, pilot
Length: 8.00 m (26 ft 3 in)
Main rotor diameter: 9.50 m (31 ft 2 in)
Height: 2.5 m (8 ft 2½ in)
Main rotor area: 70.9 m² (763 ft²)
Empty weight: 590 kg (1,300 lb)
Gross weight: 1,400 kg (3,086 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Turbomeca-Agusta TAA.230, 224 kW (300 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 176 km/h (109 mph)
Range: 740^[2] km (460 miles)
Endurance: 4 hours 30 min
Service ceiling: 3,000^[3] m (9,800 ft)
Rate of climb: 6.2 m/s (1,220 ft/min)

Armament

2 × Mk.44 torpedoes or
10 × depth charges or
2 × 7.62 mm machine-guns and 10 × 80 mm rockets

[edit] See also

Comparable aircraft

Westland Wasp

[edit] References

^ Taylor 1969, p.124.
^ Max internal and external fuel.
^ Hovering ceiling.

Taylor, John W.R. (1969). Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1969-70. London: Jane's Yearbooks.
Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. pp. 40.
Simpson, R. W. (1998). Airlife's Helicopters and Rotorcraft. Ramsbury: Airlife Publishing. pp. 32, 36.

[Janes_69_p124-0] Taylor 1969, p.124.

[1] Max internal and external fuel.

[2] Hovering ceiling.

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