1953


Brantly B-2







Brantly B-2

Two-seat light helicopter first flew on February 21, 1953. 334 built.

B-2 : Prototypes, one evalauted as YHO-3 by US Army
B-2A : First production version from 1958
B-2B : From c/n 309 fitted with new metal rotor blades, and an uprated fuel-injected 180 hp Lycoming piston engine.


Specifications B-2


Engine 1 x Lycoming O-360
Capacity 1 + 1
Length (m) 8.41
Height (m) 2.11
Blades 3
Rotor diam. (m) 7.24
Disc area (m2) 41.2
Weight (kgs) Empty: 463     Max: 757
Speed (km/h) Cruise: 145
Range (km) 400
Ceiling (m) 3290
Rate/Climb (m/min) 579
blueprints


  Derivatives & Versions of B-2


ModelYearHistory
305

1964
1964



  List of Operators of B-2



  Global Distribution of B-2



20B-2


Construction Numbers


C/N Built as Year History
15 1959 G-APSF
50 1960 N5914X
93 D-HOBC,HB-XAZ
145 1962 G-ARVY
165 scrapped 1983 1962 G-ARZI
180 N2132U,ZK-HFA
303 G-ASEH
304 G-ASEI
308 G-ASEW
314 w/o 1967 G-ASHD
315 scrapped 1982 1963 UK G-ASHK,XS681
410 N2251U
417 N16PL,ZK-INK
428 w/o 2016 N2266U
446 1965 G-OAPR,N2280U
448 1965 UK G-ATFG
451 1965 G-ATGH,N199BB,N47SA
455 w/o 1972 1965 G-ATJY
471 1967 G-AVIP
474 1967 G-AXSR,G-ROOF,N2237U,N276SA






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