Agusta A.106

The Agusta A.106 was a single-seat light helicopter designed to provide an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) platform for the Impavido-class destroyers of the Italian Navy.

The aircraft was provided with a sophisticated electronics suite by Ferranti for auto stabilisation and contact identification.

Two torpedoes could be slung under the fuselage.

The tail and two-bladed main rotor could be folded for shipboard stowage, and the skid undercarriage had fittings for flotation bags.

Two prototypes were built, the first flying in November 1965.

A pre-production batch of 5 was cancelled by the Navy in 1973.

Specifications

Crew

One

Length

8.00 m (26 ft 3 in)

Height

2.5 m (8 ft 2.5 in)

Empty weight

590 kg (1,300 lb)

Gross weight

1,400 kg (3,086 lb)

Powerplant

1 × Turbomeca-Agusta TA.230,

224 kW (300 hp)

Main rotor diameter

9.50 m (31 ft 2 in)

Main rotor area

70.9 m² (763 sq ft)

Performance

Maximum speed

176 km/h (109 mph, 95 kn)

Range

740 km (460 mi, 400 nmi) 

Endurance

4 hours 30 minutes

Service ceiling

3,000 m (9,800 ft) 

Rate of climb

6.2 m/s (1,220 ft/min)

Armament

2 × Mk.44 torpedoes 

or

10 × depth charges 

or

2 × 7.62 mm machine-guns

&

10 × 80 mm rockets.