Eurocopter EC135 T1
The original EC135 version with Turbomeca Arrius 2B1 engines, a bearingless four-blade rotor and a Fenestron tail rotor. It entered service in 1996 and started the type's long career in European air rescue.
Performance
- Cruise speed
- 139 kt
- Never-exceed speed (VNE)
- 155 kt
- Range
- 335 nm
- Service ceiling
- 20,000 ft
- Rate of climb
- 1,650 ft/min
Fuel
- Fuel type
- Jet A-1 · Jet A
- Usable fuel
- 536 kg
- Total capacity
- 544 kg
Turbine fuel is shown as mass, at a typical 0.80 kg/l, the way crews plan it.
Runway
- Usable surfaces
- Helipad · Grass · Asphalt
No published runway figures for this type yet.
Cockpit and systems
- Cockpit
- Analog and glass
- Systems
- FADEC engine control
Weights and capacity
- Max passengers
- 7
- Minimum crew
- 1
- Cockpit seats
- 2
- Max take-off weight (MTOW)
- 2,720 kg
- Empty weight
- 1,465 kg
Licence and training
- Licences that cover it
- PPL(H) · CPL(H)
- Type rating required
- EC135
- Extra training or endorsements
- Turbine engine
EASA terms. Other authorities name and split ratings differently.
Flight rules and approvals
- Flight rules
- Certified for IFR
- Approvals
- Night VFR
Assumes the usual equipment. The aircraft's own documents decide what it may fly.
Type
- Manufacturer
- Eurocopter
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 2× Turboshaft
- ICAO type designator
- EC35
- Wake turbulence category
- L · Light
- In service since
- 1996
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- 2024
Scale drawing
- Length
- 12.19 m
- Rotor diameter
- 10.2 m
- Height
- 3.62 m
- Fuselage width
- 1.56 m
Drawn to scale from the published length, span and height; finer shapes are approximate.
Size comparison
- Eurocopter EC135 T1Length 12.19 m
- Airbus Helicopters H135Length 12.16 m
All drawn at one scale. The person is 1.8 m tall.
Speeds
- VNENever exceedNever fly faster than this. Red line.
- 155 kt
Typical published values for the named variant, for learning only. Always fly with the aircraft's own flight manual (POH/AFM).
Fly the Eurocopter EC135 T1 in the simulator
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