Italian Rotors Industries

Italian Rotors Industries Srl (IRI) was an Italian aircraft manufacturer based in Aprilia, Lazio. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of helicopters in the form ready-to-fly aircraft.[1]

Italian Rotors Industries Srl
TypeSocietà a responsabilità limitata
IndustryAerospace
Founded2013
DefunctJune 2016
Headquarters
Aprilia, Lazio
,
Italy
ProductsHelicopters

The firm was a società a responsabilità limitata, an Italian limited liability company.[2]

The company seems to have been founded about 2013 and went out of business in June 2016.[2][3]

The organization produced three helicopter models, all based upon the same general design. The IRI T22B is powered by an American-made four-cylinder, air-cooled, four stroke 160 hp (119 kW) Lycoming O-320-B2C aircraft engine. The IRI T23B employs the 180 hp (134 kW) Lycoming O-360-A2J powerplant. The IRI T250A is powered by a 250 hp (186 kW) PBS TS 100 turboshaft engine made by PBS Velká Bíteš of the Czech Republic.[1]

Reviewer Werner Pfaendler, described the company's helicopter designs as "elegant".[1]

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by IRI:

References
  1. Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 208-209. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. Italian Rotors Industries (28 June 2016). "Italian Rotors Industries". Facebook. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  3. "Internet Archive Wayback Machine". archive.org. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
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