Auroa Helicopters Auroa

The Auroa Helicopters Auroa is a New Zealand helicopter designed and produced by Auroa Helicopters Limited of Manaia, Taranaki, introduced in 2013. The aircraft is supplied complete and ready-to-fly.

Design and development
The Auroa was designed to comply with the New Zealand and European Class 6 microlight helicopter rules. It features a single main rotor and tail rotor, a two-seats-in side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit with a windshield, skid landing gear and a 160 hp Solar T62 turbine engine.

The aircraft fuselage is made from a combination of metal tubing and composites. Its two-bladed rotor has a diameter of 6 m. The tail rotor has four blades and a protective ring. The aircraft has a typical empty weight of 310 kg and a gross weight of 600 kg (544 kg for the microlight class), giving a useful load of 290 kg (234 kg for the microlight class).

Reviewer Werner Pfaendler, describes the design as "elegant".

First flown in 2011, the three prototypes accumulated 130 flying hours by the end of that year.