Specifications
AI Description
- Aircraft: Robinson R44 Clipper II
- Condition: Like new, ready to fly
- Overhauled and fully refurbished
- Airframe total time: 2105 hours
- Engine time since overhaul: 0 hours
- 12-year/2200 hours inspection performed at 2105 hours
- Main rotor time since new: 539 hours (installed May 2021)
- Swashplate time since new: 417 hours (installed December 2021)
- Avionics:
- Garmin GTS 205 COM
- Garmin GNS 430 COM/NAV/GPS
- Bendix King transponder KT 76C (ALT)
- Kannad Aviation ELT
- Davtron M307FCE temperature gauge
- Canyon AA12S compact audio controller
- Interior: Completely refurbished cabin, two-tone light brown leather seats with diamond stitching, new carpets, new headliner, new cabin bulkhead trim
- Interior condition: 10/10
- Exterior: Black paint with silver trimline
- Exterior condition: 9/10
- Additional features: Pop-out floats, Lemo connections, bubble windows in all doors
About this Model
Overview
The Robinson R44 Clipper II is a light, single-engine piston helicopter in the R44 family, aimed at owner-operators, flight schools, and commercial operators needing a straightforward four-seat platform. It emphasizes practical payload-and-range capability for regional trips, aerial work support, and frequent-cycle utilization, with operating economics typically associated with piston rotorcraft rather than turbine models.
Mission Fit
The Clipper II tends to fit missions where simplicity, predictable handling, and moderate trip lengths matter more than all-weather capability or turbine-class performance. Typical use cases include day VFR travel, repeated training sorties, and visual aerial work where the aircraft’s size and operating costs are central to the mission.
Cabin
The R44 cabin is a compact four-seat layout with two front seats and a rear bench. Entry is via side doors, and the cabin is oriented toward visibility and accessibility rather than executive comfort. Cabin loading is sensitive to fuel quantity and occupant weights, so real-world comfort and baggage capacity depend heavily on the planned fuel load and density altitude conditions.