Italian Rotors Industries

Italian aircraft manufacturer

Italian Rotors Industries Srl

Company type| Società a responsabilità limitata
Industry| Aerospace
Founded| 2013
Defunct| June 2016
Headquarters|

Aprilia, Lazio

Italy

Products| Helicopters

Italian Rotors Industries Srl (IRI) was an Italian aircraft manufacturer based in Aprilia, Lazio. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of helicopters in the form ready-to-fly aircraft.[1]

The firm was a società a responsabilità limitata, an Italian limited liability company.[2]

The company seems to have been founded about 2013 and went out of business in June 2016.[2][3]

The organization produced three helicopter models, all based upon the same general design. The IRI T22B is powered by an American-made four-cylinder, air-cooled, four stroke 160 hp (119 kW) Lycoming O-320-B2C aircraft engine. The IRI T23B employs the 180 hp (134 kW) Lycoming O-360-A2J powerplant. The IRI T250A is powered by a 250 hp (186 kW) PBS TS 100 turboshaft engine made by PBS Velká Bíteš of the Czech Republic.[1]

Reviewer Werner Pfaendler, described the company's helicopter designs as "elegant".[1]

## Aircraft[edit]

Summary of aircraft built by IRI:

* IRI T22B
* IRI T23B
* IRI T250A

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 208-209. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN 1368-485X
2. ^ a b Italian Rotors Industries (28 June 2016). "Italian Rotors Industries". Facebook. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
3. ^ "IRI Helicopters". Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Retrieved 30 December 2017.

## External links[edit]

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