The Hillman Hornet, first flown in 1978, was top rotorcraft award winner at Oshkosh ‘78 and received the Best Helicopter Design honors at the Popular Rotor-craft Convention in Rockford, Illinois. Developed in 1979, in 1980 a Turbo Hornet was in production. Standard features include a comfortable cockpit for two, excellent visibility, room for a variety of avionics and dual controls. Flight performance has been favorably compared with that of the Hughes 300. The Hornet is available in kit form for owner assembly for $29,950 under one of several factory-supervised programs. Assembly assistance is available at the factory in addition to flight training. Optional features now under development are floats, cargo hook, fibreglass tailboom shroud, doors and turbo-charging.
Gross Wt. 1400 lb.
Empty Wt. 800 lb
Fuel capacity 22 USG
Rotor span 25 ft 5 in
Length 21 ft 2 in
Engine 150-hp Lycoming
Top speed 100 mph.
Cruise 90 mph.
Climb rate 1000 fpm.
Ceiling 12,000 ft
Range 200 miles
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