IRI T22B

The IRI T22B is an Italian helicopter that was designed and produced by Italian Rotors Industries of Aprilia, Lazio. Now out of production, when it was available the aircraft was supplied complete and ready-to-fly.

The company seems to have been founded about 2013 and gone out of business in June 2016, ending production.

Design and development
The T22B 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 four-cylinder, air-cooled, four stroke 160 hp Lycoming O-320-B2C aircraft engine.

The aircraft fuselage is made from composites. Its two-bladed rotor has a diameter of 7.6 m. The aircraft has a typical empty weight of 355 kg and a gross weight of 650 kg, giving a useful load of 295 kg. With full fuel of 70 L, the payload for the crew, passenger and baggage is 244 kg.

In 2015, reviewer Werner Pfaendler described the T22B's design as "elegant".

Variants

 * T22B
 * Version with 160 hp Lycoming O-320-B2C powerplant.


 * T23B
 * Version with 180 hp Lycoming O-360-A2J powerplant.