AB.102
General information
Type	Utility helicopter
Manufacturer	Agusta
Primary user	Elivie
Number built	3
History
Introduction date	1961
First flight	3 February 1959
Developed from	Bell 48

TheAgusta AB.102 was an Italian helicopter produced in small numbers in the early 1960s. The aircraft was based on the mechanical components of aBell 48 that Agusta incorporated into an all-new, streamlined fuselage. The first flight was on 3 February 1959 and the prototype was exhibited at that year'sParis Air Show infaux military colours. Only two production examples were built, operated byElivie in a regular air service betweenTurin andMilan from 1961. However, the advent ofturbine-powered helicopters in the 1960s soon rendered the AB.102 obsolete.

 Italy

• Elivie^[1]
• Ministry of Defence^[2]

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1961–62^[3]

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Capacity:
  
  • 7–9 passengersor
  • 4 stretchers and 1 attendantor
  • 880 kg (1,940 lb) cargo
• Length: 12.73 m (41 ft 9 in) (fuselage length); Overall length 17.92 m (58 ft 10 in)
• Height: 3.23 m (10 ft 7 in)
• Empty weight: 1,810 kg (3,990 lb)
• Gross weight: 2,725 kg (6,008 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 3,025 kg (6,669 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 ×Pratt & Whitney R-1340-S1H4radial engine, 450 kW (600 hp)
• Main rotor diameter: 14.50 m (47 ft 7 in)
• Main rotor area: 165.1 m² (1,777 sq ft)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 174 km/h (108 mph, 94 kn) at sea level
• Cruise speed: 160 km/h (99 mph, 86 kn) at 600 m (1,970 ft) (best range speed)
• Range: 350 km (220 mi, 190 nmi) with 7 passengers and 115 kg (254 lb) baggage
• Endurance: 3 hr 20 min
• Service ceiling: 3,900 m (12,800 ft)
• Rate of climb: 5.6 m/s (1,100 ft/min)

Related development

• Bell 47
• Bell 48

Wikimedia Commons has media related toAgusta AB.102.

• Taylor, John W. R. (1961).Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1961–62. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company.
• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989).Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 40.
• Simpson, R. W. (1998).Airlife's Helicopters and Rotorcraft. Ramsbury: Airlife Publishing. p. 36.

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