Aero HC-2 Heli Baby

what is it?

The Aero HC-2 Heli Baby is a two-seat general-purpose light utility helicopter, designed by engineer Jaroslav Šlechta, and produced by the Czechoslovak company Aero Vodochody in the 1950s. It has a three-blade main rotor, and a two-blade tail rotor. The helicopter has an entirely metal frame and cockpit, and windows made of Plexiglas.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine · 8.8 m main rotor

base stats

• speed 120 km/htop speed
• range 175 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 1passengers
• size 680 kgmax take-off weight
• built 23made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 72 years ago, in 1954.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1954-12-03

introduced

1955

number built

23

role

light helicopter

origin

🇨🇿 Czechoslovakia

makers

AERO Vodochody Aerospace

engines

1× Avia M 110H

crew

1

passengers

1

length

10.5 m

rotor diameter

8.8 m

height

2.6 m

max take-off weight

680 kg

top speed

120 km/h

cruise speed

100 km/h

range

175 km

ceiling

3,750 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.