PANHA Sorena

Iranian utility helicopter
Sorena
Role Utility helicopter
Type of aircraft
National origin Iran[1][2][3]
Manufacturer PANHA[4][5][6]
Status In service
Primary user Iran

The PANHA Sorena (Persian: هلیکوپتر سورنا) is an Iranian lightweight helicopter manufactured by PANHA (Iran Helicopter Support and Renewal Company), and was unveiled in November 2014.[7][8][9][10]

Design and development

Sorena light Helicopter

Its highest lifting weight is about 1144 kg; The highest speed of Sorena-helicopter is nearly 240–160 km/h which depends upon the different conditions (160 km in standard mode); Its range is approximately five hundred and fifty five km. Surena helicopters, consisting of the costs of training, patrol, utilized in events/mission of an organization among the Red Crescent.[11][12][13] This piston-engined helicopter is considered as a 4-seat helicopter with a 300 HP power engine; and its flight speed is 160 km. Among its other specifications are as follows: Elevation fourteen-thousand feet; Height up to 9,000 feet (2,700 meters) per second.[14][15][16][17]

Sorena Helicopter was unveiled[18][19][20] in November 2014 at the seventh Iranian Aerospace (Iran Aviation Industries Organization) show in Kish, located at the south of Iran.[21][22][23]

References

  1. ^ PANHA Iran Helicopter Support and Renewal Company Sorena Helicopter globalsecurity.org, Retrieved 6 March 2021
  2. ^ Sorena helicopter was unveiled kayhan.ir, Retrieved 6 March 2021
  3. ^ Sorena helicopter was unveiled irna.ir, Retrieved 6 March 2021
  4. ^ Reduce defense costs by building Sorena; It is also of Iranian type + videos and pictures yjc.ir, Retrieved 6 March 2021
  5. ^ Sorena; The latest Iranian helicopter + details mashreghnews.ir, Retrieved 6 March 2021
  6. ^ Iran unveils latest home-made drone, helicopter irna.ir, Retrieved 6 March 2021
  7. ^ PANHA Iran Helicopter Support and Renewal Company Sorena Helicopter globalsecurity.org, Retrieved 6 March 2021
  8. ^ Reduce defense costs by building Sorena; It is also of Iranian type + videos and pictures yjc.ir, Retrieved 6 March 2021
  9. ^ Sorena; The latest Iranian helicopter + details mashreghnews.ir, Retrieved 6 March 2021
  10. ^ Iran unveils latest home-made drone, helicopter irna.ir, Retrieved 6 March 2021
  11. ^ PANHA Iran Helicopter Support and Renewal Company Sorena Helicopter globalsecurity.org, Retrieved 6 March 2021
  12. ^ Sorena helicopter was unveiled kayhan.ir, Retrieved 6 March 2021
  13. ^ Sorena helicopter was unveiled irna.ir, Retrieved 6 March 2021
  14. ^ Panha Sorena planeworlds.com, Retrieved 6 March 2021
  15. ^ Iran's New Helicopter under Final Tests farsnews.ir, Retrieved 6 March 2021
  16. ^ Sorena Helicopter qudsonline.ir, Retrieved 6 March 2021
  17. ^ Sorena helicopter was unveiled magiran.com, Retrieved 6 March 2021
  18. ^ Reduce defense costs by building Sorena; It is also of Iranian type + videos and pictures yjc.ir, Retrieved 6 March 2021
  19. ^ Sorena; The latest Iranian helicopter + details mashreghnews.ir, Retrieved 6 March 2021
  20. ^ Iran unveils latest home-made drone, helicopter irna.ir, Retrieved 6 March 2021
  21. ^ Iran, Russia to Discuss Joint Helicopter Designing farsnews.ir, Retrieved 6 March 2021
  22. ^ Sorena Helicopter defapress.ir, Retrieved 6 March 2021
  23. ^ Sorena Iranian helicopter mehrnews.com, Retrieved 6 March 2021