• Mission

Main description

Versatility and comfort, the best of both worlds.
The EC155 B1 is Eurocopter’s high end 5-ton twin-engine helicopter. It is an enhanced version of the proven Dauphin family and boasts the most advanced technologies available.
The EC155 B1 has a five-bladed Spheriflex® rotor head with an extremely low vibration level. Equipped with Eurocopter’s famous Fenestron® tail rotor, the EC155 B1 performs with a noise level that falls 4.6 dB below ICAO level. It’s so quiet that passengers feel as if they are travelling in a business jet.

• EMS & SAR

  

  The EC155 B1 offers high speed, long range, accessibility and safety with a large cabin for the best EMS and SAR performance. With its lightweight modular specialist mission equipment, configurations can be changed quickly and easily. The low vibration and noise levels ensure the best care for sick and injured patients. The advanced Human Machine Interface, state-of-the-art glass cockpit and unique Eurocopter 4-axis automatic flight control system maximize the pilot’s effectiveness for these most demanding missions, even in the worst conditions.

  

  When every second counts

  

  The large, unobstructed cabin offers enough room for multiple patients, medical personnel and materials, including bulky medical equipment, holding up to two stretchers with eight seats. Extrawide sliding doors and full-length boarding steps make loading hassle-free. The high-set main rotor and tail rotor allow for safe loading even while the rotors are turning.

   

  
  

  For Search and Rescue, the EC155 B1 can be fitted with a large range of equipment including electrical hoist, Electronic Optical System (TV camera/ IR camera) with downlink system, searchlight and rappelling system.

  Key features for these multi-role
  operations include:

  • Category A vertical capability
  • Excellent visibility
  • Night Vision Goggles compatibility
  • High capacity cabin
  • Loading possible from either side
  • Outstanding manoeuvrability
  • High reliability
  • Low daily maintenance 
  • Outstanding safety
  • Key system redundancy
  • Fail-safe designs
  
    
  
  

• Law Enforcement Missions

  

  The EC155 B1's high speed and long endurance make it an ideal tool for law enforcement operations ranging from patrol to airborne surveillance. With the largest cabin and lift capacity in its class, the EC155 B1 can transport SWAT units of up to 12 members and equipment to the incident area. Sophisticated law enforcement equipment can easily be loaded into the large baggage compartment, accessible from either side of the helicopter. The EC155 B1 offers unmatched visibility and an incredibly discrete noise level for effective surveillance operations. Its state-of-the-art glass cockpit avionics display is compatible with night-vision goggles, which makes it fully available night and day. The EC155 B1 benefits from years of Dauphin family experience and has been designed to ensure low maintenance costs while providing the highest rate of availability.

  The bad guys don't stand a chance

  

  
  Searchlight

  A variety of police missions:

  • Traffic control
  • Surveillance
  • Protecting sensitive sites
  • Collecting photographic evidence
  • Border patrol
  • Air support
    to ground operations
  • SWAT transport

   
  

  
  Cockpit layout compatible
  with Night Vision Goggles

  
  Maritime surveillance

  
  
  

  The EC155 B1 offers a comprehensive range of equipment:

  
  Day & night video cameras, EOS

  • Traffic alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS)
  • Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS)
  • Moving map displayed on a 10.4’’ screen
  • Cargo sling with electrical external mirrors
  • Electrical hoist
  • Rappelling system
  • Upper cable cutter for wire-strike protection
  • External loud speakers (250 Watt)
  • Emergency medical kit
  • Electronic Optical System (EOS)
    camera fitted on an external turret
  • Video downlink system  
    

  
  Cargo sling

  
  Rescue hoist

• Oil and Gas Missions

  As the leading helicopter supplier to the Oil and Gas industry worldwide, Eurocopter offers with the EC155 B1 the most cost-efficient helicopter of its class, as it has been designed to ensure low maintenance costs. Merging the modernity of its design with the experience of the Dauphin family, the EC155 B1’s unwavering reliability ensures high operational availability.

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  

  
  A workhorse for the oil and gas industry

  The cutting-edge digital avionics, exclusive 4-axis auto-pilot and Full Authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC) of the EC155B1 reduce pilot workload and enhance safety even in the roughest weather conditions. It more than fulfils the most stringent safety requirements of oil and gas companies. In addition, its all-composite rotors, rotor head and famous Fenestron tail rotor make it the quietest midsized helicopter – a quality much appreciated by long-haul passengers and pilots.

  
  12 forward facing seats
  
  One-sided refuelling
  
  12 high back seats with 4-point harness
  
  Emergency floatation system 
  
   

  Automatic Deployable Emergency Locator Transmitter (ADELT)

  Thanks to its high speed, its small D value (14.3 m/46.91 ft), its high set main rotor and shrouded tail rotor that enhance safety even on small, busy decks, the EC155 B1 is the ideal aircraft for long-haul operations and inter-rig shuttle transportation.
  The wide, unobstructed cabin can comfortably accommodate up to 12 passengers and 2 pilots, who enjoy easy access through the wide front and rear sliding doors. In addition to the low vibration level, passengers will appreciate the ample legroom, the possibility to install all seats forward-facing and the panoramic visibility offered by the large windows.
  A wide range of optional equipment is available, especially to fulfil JAROPS regulations and to meet the highest OGP standards:

  • external life-rafts
  • Cockpit Voice and Flight Data Recorder
  •   Usage Monitoring System
  • full Health Usage Monitoring System
  • Traffic alert Collision Avoidance System
    and Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System

  to name a few.

• Passenger Transportation

  

  Elegantly designed and ready to meet the needs of each customer, the efficient EC155 B1 represents beauty and functionality combined. The form of the EC155 B1, from its distinctive nose to its rear “dorsal fin”, clearly distinguishes it as a member of the exclusive Dauphin family. The high-set main rotor and shrouded tail rotor enhance safety for boarding passengers and for ground crew. The two extra wide passenger doors with full-length boarding steps facilitate easy access to the cabin, and the large baggage compartment may be conveniently accessed from both sides of the aircraft, allowing quick loading of bulky luggage. In flight, passengers appreciate the panoramic view offered by the large windows.The EC155 B1’s state-of-the-art glass cockpit and avionics considerably reduce the pilot’s workload.

  Smoothly Flying in Style

   
  Rear access

  The wide unobstructed cabin can accommodate 2 pilots and up to 12 passengers in comfort configuration, up to 9 passengers in corporate configuration and up to 8 passengers in VIP configuration. The fully-modular, spacious interior, characterized by its fluid design, is outfitted with extra-thick insulation and special flooring. These components, when combined with Eurocopter’s low noise hingeless rotors, Spheriflex rotor head and Fenestron® tail rotor, ensure the smoothest, most comfortable ride. The result is a pleasant cabin atmosphere conducive to work, conversation or relaxation.  

  High-end options include soft leather club seats, power sources for laptops, adjustable reading lights, cabin air-conditioning as well as air outlets for each passenger. VIP amenities can include satcom and in-flight entertainment to increase on-board comfort.