Eurocopter EC135

what is it?

The Airbus Helicopters H135 (formerly Eurocopter EC135) is a twin-engine civil light utility helicopter produced by Airbus Helicopters. It is capable of flight under instrument flight rules and is outfitted with a digital automatic flight control system. First flying in February 1994 and developed from the prototype Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm MBB Bo 108, it entered service in 1996.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 turboshaft engines · 10.2 m main rotor

base stats

• speed 254 km/hcruise speed
• range 635 kmwithout refuelling
• size 2,910 kgmax take-off weight
• built 1,400made 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 32 years ago, in 1994.
• 🚗Rotor of 10.2 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.

turboshaft: A turbine that turns a shaft, usually a helicopter rotor.

spec sheet

first flight

1994-02-01

introduced

1996

status

still flying

number built

1,400

role

light utility helicopter

origin

🇩🇪 Germany

makers

Airbus Helicopters

engines

2× Turbomeca Arrius 2B2

crew

1

length

10.2 m

rotor diameter

10.2 m

height

3.5 m

max take-off weight

2,910 kg

top speed

—

cruise speed

254 km/h

range

635 km

ceiling

6,096 m

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