ARGO Helicopters

[ARGON Producer]

Manufaktura Lotnicza, the company that has been producing the ARGON Gyro and ARGON GTL since 2018, would like to present its vision of a lightweight LSA helicopter for two people
The ARGO AH2.2 is a design that was developed in collaboration with Aerocopter as a response to a strong market demand for a lightweight, modern durable and not too expensive helicopter.
The AH2.2 has a three-bladed carrier rotor of ROTOR-TECH design, which guarantees incredible stability (high innertia) in flight and excellent autorotation performance.
Thanks to its lightweight titanium-composite construction, it is light and comfortable, and thanks to its modern 150 hp Ulpower aircraft engine, it can reach speeds of up to 100 kt and climb rates of up to 15 m/sec.
It is extremely manoeuvrable and easy to drive - the equivalent of a high-performance sports car.
Its excellent performance and semi-rigid rotor design allow it to achieve outstanding results.
Features of the AH 2.2
- automatic regulator with speed correlator
- full canopy with large storage compartment
- UL Power aircraft engine
- GARMIN GX3 glasscocpit avionics
- 3-axis autopilot
- modern luxury interior
- High inertia carbon rotor for 100% autorotation
- new modern instrument panel
- oil/water heat exchanger

The helicopter will be available for sale in a KIT version from early 2025 for the price range from 220-250 thousand EUR

 

[HobbyCAD]

Regarding the tailrotor rotation, I always thought, and as referred to by RW Prouty as "Bottom Aft = Bad", that the tail rotor rotation direction should have the bottom blade rotating up into the rotor downwash, not down with it.

Simply making an observation for myself.....

Merry X-mas to all, Francois.

 

[persil]

I red the same book - and I always look at that same thing - must be pretty important as some manufacturers flipped the tail rotor turning wrong direction just 180 degrees so now they have correct turning direction but pulling tail rotor instead of pushing. Example: Mi-8 vs Mi-17.

 

[ARGON Producer]

Regarding the tailrotor rotation, I always thought, and as referred to by RW Prouty as "Bottom Aft = Bad", that the tail rotor rotation direction should have the bottom blade rotating up into the rotor downwash, not down with it.

Simply making an observation for myself.....

Merry X-mas to all, Francois.

This is exactly how it works in our Helicopter.
Note that our rotor turns counterclockwise opposite to Robinson's

 

[persil]

This is exactly how it works in our Helicopter.
Note that our rotor turns counterclockwise opposite to Robinson's

Sorry mate, but pictures you posted do not corroborate this - or you just didn't understand. Your machine's tail rotor turns in opposite direction to R44 and in the same direction as R22 has.

What my friend @HobbyCAD meant (I think) was this: (pic from Ray Prouty's book)

 

[HobbyCAD]

This is exactly how it works in our Helicopter.
Note that our rotor turns counterclockwise opposite to Robinson's

Looking at your pics, looking into the TR, especially which side the leading edge of the blade is, it seems to be rotating CW, not CCW. So the bottom blade tip goes aft, not forward. This is against the norm, or not?

Cheers, Francois.

 

[HobbyCAD]

Here an interesting bit of reading:

Robinson Tail Rotor Design and History