Eurocopter EC225 Super Puma

what is it?

The Airbus Helicopters H225 (formerly Eurocopter EC225 Super Puma) is a long-range passenger transport helicopter developed by Eurocopter as the next generation of the civilian Super Puma family. It is a twin-engined aircraft and can carry up to 24 passengers along with two crew and a cabin attendant, dependent on customer configuration. The helicopter is marketed for offshore support and VIP passenger transport duties, as well as public service missions.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 turboshaft engines · 16.2 m main rotor

base stats

• speed 276 km/htop speed
• range 857 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 24passengers
• size 11.2 tmax take-off weight
• built 170made 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 26 years ago, in 2000.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Rotor of 16.2 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.

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

spec sheet

first flight

2000-11-27

introduced

2004

number built

170

role

passenger transport helicopter

origin

🇫🇷 France

makers

Airbus Helicopters

engines

2× Turbomeca Makila 2A1

crew

2

passengers

24

length

19.5 m

rotor diameter

16.2 m

height

5 m

max take-off weight

11.2 t

top speed

276 km/h

cruise speed

261 km/h

range

857 km

ceiling

5,900 m

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