COMMON
R44
Robinson R44
The Robinson
“The most popular helicopter in the world.”
Robinson Helicopter · helicopter
Length
38 ft 3 in
Wingspan
33 ft 0 in (rotor)
Max speed
113 kts
Range
300 nmi
Ceiling
14,000 ft
Engines
1x Lycoming IO-540 piston (260 hp)
Crew
1
Max passengers
3
Built
6,500+
Frank Robinson built his helicopter company from scratch and created the R44 — the best-selling civilian helicopter in history. It's the Cessna 172 of rotorcraft: affordable, reliable, everywhere.
Fun fact
Robinson Helicopter Company has delivered over 6,500 R44s, making it the most produced turbine-class helicopter ever.
How to spot one
Small piston helicopter. Two-blade rotor. Skid gear. The most popular piston helicopter in the world.
Crews call it
The R44
Sounds like
Piston-powered helicopter — Lycoming flat-six has a different sound than turbine helicopters
One might be overhead right now.
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