RotorWay A600 Talon

{{Short description|American helicopter}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Use American English|date=January 2022}}  {{Infobox aircraft | name = A600 Talon turbo | logo = | logo_size = | image = Rotorway A600 in 2011.jpg | alt = | caption = | long_caption = | other_names = | aircraft_type = Helicopter | aim = | outcome = | related = | national_origin = United States | manufacturer = RotorWay International | design_group = | designer = | builder = | issuer = | status = In production (2019) | owners = | primary_user = | more_users = | service = | major_applications = | proposals = | prototypes = | number_built = | construction_number = | civil_registration = | military_serial = | radio_code = | requirement = | aircraft_carried = | flights = | total_hours = | total_distance = | construction_date = | introduction = | retired = | first_flight = | initiated = | in_service = | last_flight = | expected = | developed_from = RotorWay Exec | variants = | developed_into = | preservation = | fate = | predecessors = | successors = | concluded = }}

The '''RotorWay A600 Talon turbo''' is an American helicopter, designed and produced by RotorWay International of Chandler, Arizona. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction.<ref name="WDLA11">Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 194. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X</ref>

By April 2017 the company seemed to have dropped the name ''Talon'', referring to the aircraft just as the ''A600''.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.rotorway.com/a600/|title = The A600 |accessdate = 17 April 2017|author=RotorWay|work = rotorway.com |year=2017}}</ref>

==Design and development== The A600 Talon is a development of the RotorWay Exec and externally resembles the earlier design. The A600 incorporates a different structure, a shaft-driven tail rotor, taller and longer landing skids and a new in-house developed turbocharged powerplant.<ref name="WDLA11" />

The A600 features a single main rotor, a two-seats in side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit with a windshield, skid-type landing gear and a turbocharged four-stroke, {{convert|147|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} RotorWay RI 600S engine that drives the {{convert|25|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} diameter two-bladed rotor and conventional {{convert|50.25|in|cm|1|abbr=on}} diameter two-bladed tail rotor. The aircraft has an empty weight of {{convert|965|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and a gross weight of {{convert|1500|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}, giving a useful load of {{convert|535|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}. With full fuel of {{convert|17|u.s.gal}} the payload is {{convert|433|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}.<ref name="WDLA11" /><ref name="Specs">{{Cite web|url = http://www.rotorway.com/talon_specs.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070823144419/http://www.rotorway.com/talon_specs.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 23 August 2007|title = A600 Talon Specifications|accessdate = 12 February 2012|last = RotorWay International|date = n.d.}}</ref>

The aircraft is capable of an in ground effect hover at {{convert|6000|ft|m|0|abbr=on}} and an out of ground effect hover at {{convert|4000|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}<ref name="Specs" />

==Operational history== By February 2013 seven examples had been registered in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration, one with the Civil Aviation Authority in the United Kingdom and one with Transport Canada.<ref name="FAAReg">{{cite web|url = http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/AcftRef_Results.aspx?Mfrtxt=&Modeltxt=A600+TALON&PageNo=1|title = Make / Model Inquiry Results|accessdate = 12 February 2013|last = Federal Aviation Administration|date = 12 February 2013|archive-date = March 5, 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305013514/http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/AcftRef_Results.aspx?Mfrtxt=&Modeltxt=A600+TALON&PageNo=1|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref name="TCCAR">{{cite web|url = http://wwwapps2.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/2/ccarcs/aspscripts/en/quicksearch.asp|title = Canadian Civil Aircraft Register|accessdate = 12 February 2013|last = Transport Canada|date = 12 February 2013|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110718042755/http://wwwapps2.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/2/ccarcs/aspscripts/en/quicksearch.asp|archivedate = 18 July 2011}}</ref><ref name="GINFO">{{cite web|url = http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=60&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=detailnosummary&fullregmark=TALN|archive-url = https://archive.today/20130420070030/http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=60&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=detailnosummary&fullregmark=TALN|url-status = dead|archive-date = April 20, 2013|title = GINFO Search Results Summary|accessdate = 12 February 2013|last = Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom)|date = 12 February 2013}}</ref>

==Specifications== thumb|right|Rotorway A600 Talon cockpit {{Aircraft specs |ref=Bayerl and RotorWay<ref name="WDLA11" /><ref name="Specs" /> |prime units?=imp  |genhide=

|crew=one |capacity=one passenger |length m= |length ft=29 |length in=6 |length note=overall, with main rotor fore and aft |width m= |width ft= |width in= |width note= |height m= |height ft=8 |height in=7 |height note= |airfoil= |empty weight kg= |empty weight lb=965 |empty weight note= |gross weight kg= |gross weight lb=1500 |gross weight note= |fuel capacity={{convert|17|u.s.gal}} |more general=  |eng1 number=1 |eng1 name=RotorWay RI 600S |eng1 type= four stroke aircraft engine |eng1 kw= |eng1 hp=147

|max speed kmh= |max speed mph=115 |max speed kts= |max speed note= |cruise speed kmh= |cruise speed mph=100 |cruise speed kts= |cruise speed note= |never exceed speed kmh= |never exceed speed mph= |never exceed speed kts= |never exceed speed note= |range km= |range miles= |range nmi= |range note= |endurance=2.0 hours |ceiling m= |ceiling ft=10000 |ceiling note= |g limits= |roll rate= |glide ratio= |climb rate ms= |climb rate ftmin=1000 |climb rate note= |time to altitude= |disk loading kg/m2= |disk loading lb/sqft= |disk loading note= |fuel consumption kg/km= |fuel consumption lb/mi= |power/mass= |thrust/weight= |more performance= |avionics= }}

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==External links== {{ external media |float=right | image1 =[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx0ciW9_cLI&feature=player_embedded A600 video, 33-38min] on History Channel }} *{{Official website|http://www.rotorway.com/index.php}} {{Commons category}} {{RotorWay International aircraft}}

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