Companies aim to prove conventional helicopter design with electric propulsion offers efficiency advantages over multi-rotor ...

X and Robinson Helicopters have partnered to develop a battery-electric helicopter demonstrator based on the R66 helicopter.

Robinson To Pitch Electric R66 To Training Market is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation Week ...

The electric propulsion company announced an agreement with Robinson Helicopters on July 23 to convert an R66 into an electric-powered flight demonstrator. The project unveiled at the Experimental ...

TORRANCE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Robinson Helicopter Company (RHC), the world’s leading manufacturer of civil helicopters, obtained FAA approval to double the service life on specific Robinson ...

TORRANCE, Calif. and NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Robinson Helicopter Company (RHC), the world’s leading manufacturer of light helicopters, unveiled the new R66 Army ...

The Robinson R66 was certified by the FAA in 2010. The R66 has been described as a slightly larger and faster machine than the piston-powered Robinson R44 from which it was derived.

Developer Mark Croce was piloting a 2019 Robinson R66 Turbine helicopter when it crashed Thursday night in Central Pennsylvania, killing Croce and his friend, Michael Capriotto. The Robinson R66 ...