The A-B Helicopters A/W 95 is an American helicopter, produced by A-B Helicopters in the form of plans for amateur construction.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 189. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
By 2012 the A-B Helicopters website had been taken down and plans are no longer available.
The design was developed into the Vortech A/W 95 and plans for that version remain available from Vortech.Downey, Julia: 2005 Trikes 'Chutes and Rotorcraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 22, Number 2, February 2005, page 60. Belvoir Publications.
Design and development The A/W 95 is a development of the Adams-Wilson Choppy, which the A/W designation acknowledges. The A/W 95 was designed to comply with the US Experimental Amateur-built rules, since the empty weight is too heavy for the FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules, which stipulates a maximum empty weight of . The aircraft has a standard empty weight of . It features a single main rotor, a single-seat open cockpit without a windshield, skid landing gear and a twin cylinder, air-cooled, two-stroke, dual-ignition Rotax 503 engine.
The aircraft fuselage is an open frame made from bolted-together and gusseted aluminum tubing. Its diameter two-bladed extruded aluminum rotor has a chord of and employs a symmetrical airfoil. The transmission is constructed from a belt and chain mechanism. With its standard empty weight of and a gross weight of , the useful load is . Fuel tank capacity is , rendering a full-fuel payload of .
While the A/W 95 is primarily plans-built, during the time that A-B Helicopters was in business some pre-fabricated parts were available.
Operational history By January 2013 two examples had been registered in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration.
Specifications (A/W 95)
See also Showers Skytwister Choppy Vortech A/W 95
References
External links Photo of an A/W 95 in flight