A new helicopter from New Zealand is the KC518 - Adventourer
This is the world’s first all composite frameless helicopter airframe (patent pending). An engineered construction primarily of carbon and Kevlar. Designed to be assembled from the outside in and in a pre-determined order.
http://www.compositehelicopter.com
The helicopter was a prototype for New Zealand company Composite Helicopters and was out on the harbour today filming video for an upcoming expo in Russia, company director Tim Pike said. The helicopter which went down in Auckland's Waitemata Harbour in the morning of 7 May. It was due to feature in a helicopter expo in Russia in a few days, the helicopter company director says.
The two occupants of the helicopter escaped serious injury when the chopper went down some 200m from shore about 11.15am.
"They were flying along, doing some low-level work and a bit of filming when the pilot saw an engine light come up, followed by an alarm.''
It appeared the engine had failed, so the pilot tried to take the aircraft down as gently as possible.
source: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/artic ... d=10882050
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