Italian Rotors Industries
 | |
| Company type | Società a responsabilità limitata |
|---|---|
| Industry | Aerospace |
| Founded | 2013 |
| Defunct | June 2016 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Helicopters |
Italian Rotors Industries Srl (IRI) was an Italian aircraft manufacturer based in Aprilia, Lazio. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of helicopters in the form ready-to-fly aircraft.[1]
The firm was a società a responsabilità limitata, an Italian limited liability company.[2]
The company seems to have been founded about 2013 and went out of business in June 2016.[2][3]
The organization produced three helicopter models, all based upon the same general design. The IRI T22B is powered by an American-made four-cylinder, air-cooled, four stroke 160 hp (119 kW) Lycoming O-320-B2C aircraft engine. The IRI T23B employs the 180 hp (134 kW) Lycoming O-360-A2J powerplant. The IRI T250A is powered by a 250 hp (186 kW) PBS TS 100 turboshaft engine made by PBS Velká Bíteš of the Czech Republic.[1]
Reviewer Werner Pfaendler, described the company's helicopter designs as "elegant".[1]
Aircraft[edit]
Summary of aircraft built by IRI:
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 208-209. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN 1368-485X
- ^ a b Italian Rotors Industries (28 June 2016). "Italian Rotors Industries". Facebook. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- ^ "IRI Helicopters". Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
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