Specifications
Broker
HELI AFRICA
+14254840387
Aircraft Details
• Excellent condition
• Equipped with Garmin 750 avionics
• Autopilot installed
• Great interior
• Service Bulletins (SB’s) and Airworthiness Directives (AD’s) up to date as of December 2025
• Brand new main and tail rotors
• Total time remaining as of December 2025: 674 hours
• Airframe total time: 674 hours
• Engine time since major overhaul: 702 hours
• Engine TBO: 2200 hours
• 3-year maintenance valid until April 21, 2029
• Located in City of Tshwane, Gauteng, South Africa
About this Model
Overview
The Robinson R44 Raven II is a single-engine, four-seat light helicopter commonly used for primary/advanced training, personal transport, utility support, and aerial observation. It emphasizes straightforward systems, a relatively low cockpit workload for its class, and broad parts/service availability in many regions. Typical missions center on short to moderate legs with payload managed around fuel, passengers, and environmental conditions (heat/high altitude).
Mission Fit
The R44 Raven II fits operations that prioritize flexible point-to-point access and time-on-task over long range or high payload. It is well suited to mixed use—training plus personal travel—where dispatch reliability depends on disciplined weight-and-balance planning and realistic hot-and-high performance margins.
Cabin
The cabin is compact but practical for four occupants, typically arranged as two front seats and a rear bench. Large windows support outward visibility for training and observation. Noise and vibration are typical of a piston helicopter, so passenger comfort improves with quality headsets and thoughtful loading. Baggage capability is modest and sensitive to fuel load and density altitude.