Specifications
AI Description
- Offshore configured helicopter
- Excellent engine and component times remaining
- Avionics & Connectivity:
- Dual VHF AM Comm - Collins VHF-4000
- VHF/UHF FM Transceiver - Technisonic TFM 550
- Transponder - Collins TDR-94D - Mode S with ADS-B Out
- Radio Altimeter - Thales AHV-1600
- Weather Radar - Honeywell Primus 660
- Satellite Tracking - SkyConnect Tracker III
- EMS TCAS I - Honeywell KTA 970
- Dual EPIRB - HR Smith 503-16
- Dual VHF NAV - Collins NAV 4500 & Collins NAV 4000
- ADF - Collins NAV 4000
- GPS - Thales TopStar 200
- DME - Collins DME 4000
- EGPWS - Honeywell MK XXII
- CVR/FDR - Penny & Giles
- Air Data Computer - Thales
- Passenger Briefing System - Headsup PBS-250-2-B5
- Dual Audio Control - Wulfsberg
- Four (4) Multifunction Displays - Thales HUMS
- Interior:
- Standard corporate interior
- Twelve (12) passenger seats with 5-point harness
- Exterior:
- Searchlight
- Emergency floats
- Two (2) life rafts
- Windshield de-icing
- Strobe lights
- Windshield wipers
About this Model
Overview
The Sikorsky S-76D is a twin‑engine, IFR-capable medium helicopter positioned for time-sensitive point‑to‑point travel where vertical access matters more than fixed‑wing range. It builds on the S-76 lineage with more contemporary powerplants and a glass cockpit, aiming to improve hot-and-high capability, dispatch reliability, and pilot workload management for routine business, shuttle, and offshore profiles.
Mission Fit
Typical use cases are 100–300 nm sectors with multiple short legs in a day, including operations into constrained landing areas. The aircraft’s strengths show when schedules require direct access to city centers, worksites, or vessels, and when weather/IFR capability and twin-engine redundancy are operational requirements. It is less compelling for operators whose missions are primarily long-range, high-speed cruising between major airports.
Cabin
The S-76D cabin is oriented around a quiet, business-transport experience for a helicopter class, commonly arranged for executive seating with a rear baggage area or separate baggage compartment depending on interior. Access is via sliding doors, and the flat floor and cabin height support a practical in‑cabin experience for short to medium sectors, with noise and vibration levels highly dependent on interior configuration, maintenance condition, and rotor/drive-train tuning.