ITU-LIGHT COMMERCIAL HELICOPTER PROJECT

The Light Commercial Helicopter Research, Development and Application Project between TAI and Istanbul Technical University has been going on since 2002 in 3 contract phases.

The project aims to increase national knowledge related to aviation technologies, especially analysis, design and production of rotary wing aircraft; to a level of “Producing Knowledge”; support local production based on high technologies in collaboration with local industry and build a prototype helicopter.   

The scope of the first contract phase; conceptual design of the fuselage has been successfully completed.

The scope of the second contract phase, which is still on-going, is to complete the detailed design of the fuselage and build a mock-up. Detailed design and mock-up production activities are on-going.

The scope of the third contract phase, which is still on-going, is “Production of Helicopter Fuselage Parts and Integration to the Fuselage”. The activities being performed under this phase are the production and assembly of various fuselage and tail parts and integration of these parts to the fuselage.