SA.311B ''Alouette'' II
"Alouette II" redirects here. For the Canadian satellite, see Alouette 2.
The Aérospatiale Alouette II (French pronunciation: ?[alw?t], Lark; company designations SA 313 and SA 318) is a French light helicopter originally manufactured by Sud Aviation and later Aérospatiale. It holds the distinction of being the first production helicopter to be powered by a gas turbine engine instead of the heavier conventional piston powerplant.
On 12 March 1955, the prototype SE 3130 performed its maiden flight. The Alouette II was a widely used type and popular with operators, with over 1,300 rotorcraft eventually being constructed between 1956 and 1975. The type was predominantly mostly used for military purposes in observation, photography, air-sea rescue, liaison and training, but it has also carried anti-tank missiles and homing torpedoes. As a civilian helicopter, the Alouette II has been used for casualty evacuation (with two external stretcher panniers), crop-spraying and as a flying crane, with a 500-kilogram (1,100 lb) external underslung load.
A high-altitude derivative, the SA 315B Lama, was developed and entered operational service in July 1971. The Alouette II also was further developed into the larger and more powerful Alouette III. In 1975, production of the type was terminated, having been effectively succeeded by these newer rotorcraft. Despite it being long out of production, considerable numbers of Alouette II were still in service at the start of the 21st century.
AGT 2 Open arms
AGT 3 A salvo of missiles/rockets
AGT 4 Separate missile/rocket launchers
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Specifications
Spotlights
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General Characteristics
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 70.5ft (21.5m)
- Length 84.7ft (25.8m)
- Height 19.8ft (6.0m)
- Empty Weight 21,309lbs (9,665kg)
- Loaded Weight 23,683lbs (10,742kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 7.591
- Wing Loading 880.1lbs/ft2 (4,297.0kg/m2)
- Wing Area 26.9ft2 (2.5m2)
- Drag Points 17784
Parts
- Number of Parts 748
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 2,249
Nice! But why does it have a gyro on it???
@EternalDarkness oh, ye. thanks
@SmokestreamAircraft uncheck "scale only selected part" in the scale menu.
@EternalDarkness how, exactly, would one do that? I want to do it now, to some of my off-scale builds.
Neat! I love the engine detail!
NOICE!!! 10/10 WILL FLY AGAIN!!! I’LL TAKE YOUR ENTIRE STOCK!!!
Awesome helicopter, flies very well
Just a note the original had a 3 blade main rotor
Nvm it’s not but still awesome
Isn’t this the new helicopter in bf V ?
Very nice
@EternalDarkness Thank you very much for reminding me
@luciferSVM you can use FineTuner to scale the whole build to desired size after it is done. Only takes around five seconds.
@EternalDarkness I'm not very good at scale control... We'll try it later.
Very nice build. You should have scaled it down to the correct size though.