Title: AS350-B2.pdf
of equipment, especially for police, news gathering, medicaltransportation and utility operations. And with a very shortreconﬁguration time (less than one hour), this single-engineaircraft is able to complete various missions quickly and efﬁciently.TechnologyAhead of its TimeThe AS350 B2 is equipped with an innovative,advanced, corrosion-free Starﬂex rotor and main and tailrotor blades which are made entirely of compositematerials. In addition, these composite components arevery reliable: The main rotor blades, for example, havea service life of up to 20,000 hours.The cabin is made of thermoplastic double fuselage andan extremely resistant light alloy frame.The Turbomeca Arriel 1D1 turbine combines highperformance, low fuel consumption and very easymaintenance. The use of modular elements makes itpossible to replace mechanical sub-units directly in theﬁeld.The AS350 B2 shares common cockpit features withother members of the Ecureuil family: It has, for