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Main description

The Ultimate,
Multi-Role Helicopter
In operations on land and at sea, the EC145 is at the top of its class in the medium-sized, twin-engine helicopter category. With up to 12 seats for pilots and passengers, this multi-mission helicopter combines Eurocopter’s latest developments such as an advanced cockpit design, avionics and a sophisticated electrical system.
The EC145 offers a proven hingeless rotor system with a monolithic titanium hub and enhanced rotor blades which ensure low noise and vibration levels.

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  Technology

  The EC145, the latest medium-sized (3.5 ton) twin-engine Eurocopter helicopter is the answer to an increasing demand for a multi-role helicopter.

  Modern and versatile, the EC145, with its large range of optional equipment, provides outstanding flexibility for all types of missions.

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  Excellent Design Features

  • Exceptional comfort and cabin size
  • Unrivalled side loading (no door posts) and rear loading capability
  • Excellent field of view to the front, left/right hand sides and rear
  • Energy-absorbing passenger and crew seats
  • Energy-absorbing skid-type landing gear
  • Energy-absorbing airframe
  • Crash-resistant fuel system
  • Redundant design of all major systems, such as flight control actuators, lubrication, cooling, hydraulic system and electrical system 
  • Cockpit designed for minimum pilot workload
  • Hingeless main rotor (system Boelkow) for excellent maneuverability
  • Single interchangeability of main rotor blades 
  • Four glass and carbon fiber reinforced main rotor blades with erosion protection strip
  • Semi-rigid tail rotor with 2 twisted glass fiber reinforced blades of new technology with erosion protection strip
  • Simple and rapid exchange of different types of mission equipment

   

  

• Advanced Technology and Design
  

  The EC145 is equipped with two powerful and reliable Turbomeca Arriel 1E2 engines which provide outstanding performance and vital power reserves in OEI scenarios. The use of the variable rotorspeed and torque matching system (VARTOMS), known from the predecessor model BK117 C- 1, enhances overall flying comfort, and makes the EC145 the quietest helicopter in its class at 6.7 decibels below ICAO noise level.

  In addition to environmental and economical aspects, the rotor system together with high TBO gearbox and airframe components offer both low maintenance costs and high inservice time for the helicopter due to the minimal scheduled maintenance required.