IAR 316

what is it?

The IAR 316 is a Romanian license-built Aérospatiale SA 316B Alouette III manufactured by Industria Aeronautică Română (IAR).

🔎How to recognise it: 1 turboshaft engine · 11 m main rotor

base stats

• speed 210 km/htop speed
• range 540 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 5passengers
• size 2,200 kgmax take-off weight
• built 250made 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

• 🏎️Top speed is 1.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Rotor of 11 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.

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

spec sheet

first flight

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introduced

1971

status

still flying

number built

250

role

light utility/training helicopter

makers

Industria Aeronautică Română

engines

1× Turbomeca Artouste IIIB

crew

2

passengers

5

length

12.8 m

rotor diameter

11 m

height

3 m

max take-off weight

2,200 kg

top speed

210 km/h

cruise speed

180 km/h

range

540 km

ceiling

3,200 m

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