« Marenco Helicopters » renamed into « Kopter »

Swiss helicopter producer Marenco Swisshelicopter received a new name - Kopter, the company said . The helicopter builder expects that this will simplify the perception of the brand and increase its recognition in the world market.

The aircraft builder was planning to rename after the departure of its founder Martin Stucky at the end of 2016, Flightglobal writes. The announcement of the rebranding was made during the opening of the newly erected plant with an area of ​​4.2 thousand square meters. m in Mollis, Switzerland, the construction of which began in August 2016.

Now the company is testing the new light single-engine helicopter SKYe SH09. Commissioning of the machine is expected to take place in accordance with the schedule in 2019.

The second prototype flew for 70 hours. The third prototype helicopter was introduced in June 2017. The fourth, pre-series, prototype will fly in late summer. The third and fourth machine is supposed to be sent to Pozzallo (Sicily) for semi-annual certification flights. The transfer of tests to Italy will occur due to frequent snowfalls, strong winds and thunderstorms in Switzerland.

The new aircraft will be equipped with the HTS900 engine of the American company Honeywell. The theater has already earned 70 liters. h, and also passed several hundred tests on the ground and more than 1 thousand tests of dynamic components.

To date, 27 firm orders for a helicopter have been received (the amount of contracts is $ 3.3 million). A total of more than 120 BC appears in contracts of intent .

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