The AgustaWestland AW109 (formerly: Agusta A109) is a helicopter of the Italian-British company AgustaWestland. It is a light eight-seat multi-purpose helicopter with two shaft engines. The AW109 is used for both civil and military purposes.
Numerous police and civil defence organisations all over the world use the helicopter in a variety of versions, some of which differ only in minor modifications. Military versions are in use in Argentina, Belgium, Ghana, Latvia, Paraguay, Peru, South Africa, Sweden, Great Britain and other countries. The civil versions of the AW109 are the most common.
A109S Grand
Extended and improved civil version with P&W-207 engines. In August 2008, the two Americans Scott Kasprowicz and Steve Sheik set a new world record for the fastest round-the-world flight in a helicopter. They covered the distance of 38,890 km at an average speed of 275 km/h. The previous world record has been held by a Bell 430 since 1996.
A109S Grand Da-Vinci
This version of the Grand is optimised for rescue operations in the Swiss mountains. At a unit price of 10.2 million Swiss francs, it offers a reinforced cable winch for up to 270 kg in addition to FLIR and MFD cockpit layout.
Matching kit components
Kit
The original model was made according to available documents from Agusta.
All GFK parts are produced in 6 moulds. High-quality resin systems are used to produce high-strength, very light components, which in the end produce all parts necessary for the construction of the A 109. Some of the wooden frames in the rear boom are already resin-coated in the moulds.
The tail boom is manufactured as a separate part and is resin-coated with the front part of the fuselage.
A set of frames made of high-quality aircraft plywood is resin-coated in the fuselage and takes care of the tank, landing gear and turbine or electrical mechanics.
The finished model has doors that can be opened or pushed like the original.
Windows are fitted from the inside and fixed with superglue.
The landing gear chassis is electrically retractable, on the REGA da Vince the chassis is fixed.
The cladding of the turbine-gearbox area is fitted with closure replicas. Various air inlets on and around the cladding complete the scale replica.
Further optional available additional equipment such as cockpit, rescue winch etc. can be ordered separately depending on the model and turns your helicopter into a unique scale replica of your dream helicopter.
The tail rotor is driven by a rigid drive with an 8 mm stainless steel tube which is guided in bearings.
The model in the Grand and da Vinci versions is completely assembled by us. You can choose between:
– Model ready to build, as an extension model with the desired 3D special parts according to your wishes
– Model ready to fly with drive, RC, the desired 3D special parts and the paint of your choice. The model can be “riveted” before painting. The subsequent painting can be done with an ageing and traces of use of your choice. All decals will be painted and the whole paintwork will be sealed with a clear varnish or matt clear varnish at the end.
You can choose between turbine or electric motor drives.
Turbine version with Jakadofsky PRO 6000
In a version for turbines a 3 litre tank is installed.
Electric version with chipper Q 80
We mainly use remote control components from Futaba, PowerBox, Bavarian Demon, Hacker, Savöx and Jeti. The desired attachment of 3D option special parts will be considered according to your wishes.
Mechanics
Mechanics HF-A109 for Jakadofsky turbines Pro 6000 or Hacker Q80.
Robust mechanics designed for Agusta A 109.
Stable GRP side plate screwed to aluminium bolts milled from the solid form the base frame of the mechanics.
An original bevel gear set from Jakadofsky is placed between the distance bars, which was manufactured with high precision and is driven by a main gear made of high-strength plastic. This main gear is designed for the desired speed of the rotor head for the Agusta A 109 and is specially milled for us from the solid. This ensures 100 % concentricity. The plastic main gear then engages the pinion of the centrifugal clutch of the Jakadofsky turbine.
High-quality bearings complement the mechanics and allow for a long service life.
Main rotor head speed 960 rpm
Tail rotor speed 4800 rpm
Mechanics for 15 mm main rotor shafts
All parts “Made in Germany”!!!
Rotor head
rotor head :
The A 109 is equipped with a 4-blade rotor head from Heli-Factory.
Construction of the rotor head in full metal without damping. We recommend the rotor-head stabilisation system from Bavarian Demon.
The rotor head is controlled by 4 servos via a swashplate for a 15 mm rotor shaft from Heli-Factory.
Manufactured on high-precision 5-axis machining centres according to our drawings and designs.
Extremely good-natured and precisely controllable rotor head Blade handle mount 14 mm
Rotor head for 15 mm main rotor shafts
Rotor head completely assembled
Swash plate:
The rotor head is controlled by 4 servos via a swashplate for a 15 mm rotor shaft from Heli-Factory
Manufactured on high-precision 5-axis machining centres according to our drawings and layouts.
Rotor blades A 109:
Rotor blades 4 pieces precision-balanced with a 14 mm
length 1000 mm
width 75 mm
Tail rotor with rigid drive:
Tail rotor:
The 2 blade tail rotor is completely made of aluminium with a 1:1 bevel gear combination with a diameter of 23.3 mm. The bevel gears have cyclo-palloid teeth module 0.6 and the tooth flanks are induction hardened.
Thus we achieve sufficient strength for large models with increased torque which the tail rotor has to compensate.
The direction of rotation is designed for the Lama but can be changed at any time by changing the gear wheels in the gearbox. So a later conversion to another direction of rotation or another side is possible.
A 8mm hollow drilled, case-hardened and ground tail rotor shaft drives the 2-blade tail rotor with steel central piece and mounts blade holders.
Tail rotor completely made of metal on high-precision 5-axis machining centres manufactured for us according to our drawings and designs.
Blade connection 10mm
For 10mm blade holder fixing screw M4 12.9
Tail rotor completely assembled and gear clearance adjusted.
All parts “Made in Germany”!
Rigid – drive:
Stainless steel tube 8 mm as drive for the tail rotor.
Bearing of the drive in an aluminium tube. Mounted in 3 bearings.
Drive
You can choose between turbine or electric motor drives.
Turbine version with Jakadofsky PRO 6000
In a version for turbines a 3 litre tank is installed.
Electric version with chipper Q 80
We mainly use remote control components from Futaba, PowerBox, Bavarian Demon, Hacker, Savöx and Jeti. The desired attachment of 3D option special parts will be considered according to your wishes.
Scale parts
Scale add-on parts that are not included in the kit and must be ordered separately depending on the model.
Available as optional 3 D pressure parts or made of aluminium:
-complete cockpit
-Scale front seats
-Lighting with position lights incl. brackets
-Landing light fixed
-Retractable landing light
-cabins door handles
-Cable Cutter
-Wiper
-Static rescue winch
-Winch with function
-Searchlight with holder
-Antennae Set
-Pilot Dummies
All parts as 3D printed parts “raw
On request, the parts can also be painted by us ready for installation.
