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AW609-NBAA-9OCT2017-Agustawestland

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AW609:

Tiltrotor Technology
for Business Aviation
Wednesday October 11, 2017, 12:30PM

Bill Sunick, Leonardo Helicopters


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AW609 Flight Envelope Advantage
45,000

40,000
FW
35,000
Turboprop AW609 TiltRotor
Altitude: 25,000 ft
30,000
Altitude ft

Speed: 275 kts


25,000 Tiltrotor Range: 700 nm (std tank)
Pressurised cabin
Full Icing
20,000

15,000 Compound
10,000
Cabin Pressurization
Required
5,000 Helicopter Typical Helicopter
Altitude: 10,000 ft
0 Speed: 140 kts
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400
Speed (kts) Range: 360 nm

Tiltrotor technology enables true fixed wing cruise


speeds and altitudes with VTOL performance. 3
Design Features
Rotor/Drive Systems
Airframe
• Primarily Composite • Mechanically Interconnect Prop-Rotors

• Pressurized Cabin • Conversion via Dual Telescopic Ballscrews


• Vapor Cycle Air Conditioning
Avionics/Flight Controls
• Rudderless
• FCS Triplex Digital Full Authority FBW
Power Plant • Rockwell Collins Fusion Avionics
• 2 PWC PT6C-67A
• AEO Takeoff Power: 1,940 SHP Ice Protection
• OEI Power: 2,492 SHP, 30 sec • Rotor Anti-ice/De-ice
• Wing & Engine Inlet De-ice Boots
Hydraulic & Electrical • Heated Windshield
•Triplex 3,000 psi Hydraulics
Fuel System
•3 DC Generators & 28Ah Battery
• 2,571 lbs in 10 Crashworthy Fuel Cells
•2 PMGs & 2 FCC Batteries
• Aux External Tanks (~900lb)
•2 AC Generators
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Performance

• MTOW: 18,000 lbs/8,000 kg

• Max Useful Load: 6,300 lbs/2,860 kg

• Accommodation: 2 crew & 9 pax

• Max Cruise Speed: 275 kts

• HOGE ISA: 6,000 ft

• HIGE ISA: 10,000 ft

• Ceiling: 25,000 ft

• Max Range (dry tank): 700nm (approx 1,000nm w/ aux fuel)

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VIP/Corporate Configuration

Point to point transit in pressurized comfort above the weather.


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Range from NYC Heliport

Manhattan to Downtown Chicago in under 3 hrs !


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Configurations
VIP Offshore SAR/EMS

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AW139 Comparison

AW609 is approximately 10% larger than AW139; Smaller than S-92


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Size Comparison

Spotting factor within 10% between S-92/AW189 and AW609


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