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Airbus Helicopters Unveils H160 Medium Twin

X4 program materializes into innovative AW139 competitor but drops fly-by-wire flight controls.

This morning at Heli-Expo 2015 Airbus Helicopters unveiled the H160 medium twin, a long-awaited Dauphin successor designed to lock horns with the AgustaWestland AW139 in the 12-passenger market. It was previously known by the program name X4.

By Thierry Dubois • Writer

March 3, 2015

This morning at Heli-Expo 2015 Airbus Helicopters unveiled the H160 medium twin, a long-awaited successor to the Dauphin series designed to lock horns with the AgustaWestland AW139 in the 12-passenger market. Codenamed X4 until now, the clean-sheet design features Blue Edge main rotor blades for quieter operation, a canted Fenestron tail rotor for increased payload and the Airbus Helicopters-developed Helionix avionics suite installed on the EC145T2 and EC175. Other innovations include a full composite airframe, a biplane stabilizer—for improved main-rotor efficiency—and electrically actuated landing gear. On display here (Booth 2437) is a full-size mockup. First flight is planned for this year and entry into service in 2018.

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