Updated information on the Arrowcopter AC10
Updated information on the Arrowcopter AC10
I talked to the manufacturer yesterday and got some new information about the production status of the Arrowcopter AC10.
The manufacturing will be done in an autoclave by the Austrian company Carbotech Composites (www.carbon.at), absolute professionals when it comes to carbon fiber development and manufacturing. The forms will be completed in a week or two and manufacturing of parts is slated to begin mid December. The initial production run will be five machines, all of them sold already.
I got a couple of pictures from the manufacturing plant located in Salzburg.
Here is a production stand for one part of the Arrocopter fuselage:
This photo shows the form for the two rudder halves:
This form is used to make the race car style seats:
Here is a rendered 3D image of the production version of the AC10. This differes in some small details from the prototype picture that's found earlier in this thread. The production version is 4% bigger overall, has acti collision lights and strobes included and some other minor changes. Here are some views:
The rotorhead has double teeter bearings and is machined out of a single aluminum block. The rotor itself is a a single piece composite rotor. The downside of that is that it will be hard to transport. The benefit is closer tolerances in alignment, balancing and tracking.
I am really excited when I see the progress of such a great machine nearing serial production.
Greetings, -- Chris.
Updated information on the Arrowcopter AC10
I talked to the manufacturer yesterday and got some new information about the production status of the Arrowcopter AC10.
The manufacturing will be done in an autoclave by the Austrian company Carbotech Composites (www.carbon.at), absolute professionals when it comes to carbon fiber development and manufacturing. The forms will be completed in a week or two and manufacturing of parts is slated to begin mid December. The initial production run will be five machines, all of them sold already.
I got a couple of pictures from the manufacturing plant located in Salzburg.
Here is a production stand for one part of the Arrocopter fuselage:
This photo shows the form for the two rudder halves:
This form is used to make the race car style seats:
Here is a rendered 3D image of the production version of the AC10. This differes in some small details from the prototype picture that's found earlier in this thread. The production version is 4% bigger overall, has acti collision lights and strobes included and some other minor changes. Here are some views:
The rotorhead has double teeter bearings and is machined out of a single aluminum block. The rotor itself is a a single piece composite rotor. The downside of that is that it will be hard to transport. The benefit is closer tolerances in alignment, balancing and tracking.
I am really excited when I see the progress of such a great machine nearing serial production.
Greetings, -- Chris.