RPV version developed in association with French companies Etudes et Development Techniques (EDT) and CAC Systems launched in June 1996 when prototype displayed at Eurosatory 1996 show at Le Bourget, Paris. Powered by one Dragon Fly/Hirth F30A26AK four-cylinder two-stroke, rated at 82kW for T-O, 70.8kW maximum continuous.ĭragon Fly 333AC: Certified version to Italian VLR rules. DFH DRAGONFLY HELICOPTER CURRENT VERSIONSĭragon Fly 333: Original version discontinued. In 2001, a Dragon Fly was flown at the Cielo di Volo air show, powered by a 112kW APU of undisclosed type. Relaunched at Aero ’03, Friedrichshafen, April 2003, under new ownership and new designation. Total of two single-seat and three two-seat prototypes, followed by four pre-series aircraft production, as Dragon Fly 333, transferred to new factory from October 1994.ĭeveloped and tested by manufacturer to standards approaching FAR Pt 27 initial Italian certification is in ultralight class, but domestic VLR (very light rotorcraft) certification obtained 16 June 1996. DFH DRAGONFLY 334 HELICOPTER DEVELOPMENT & CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMMEĭeveloped originally by CRAE design studies and manufacture of single-seat prototype 1985-88 ground and flight testing of this aircraft, 1989-90 two-seat prototype built and tested, 1991-93. DFH DRAGON 334 HELICOPTER SPECIFICATIONS DFH DRAGON 334 HELICOPTER TYPE The Dragon Fly 333 is being further developed into the Dragon Fly 334 GP. The company was taken over by German owners in 2001 and moved to a new factory at Ovada.
Original Dragon Fly company founded in 1993 by twin brothers Angelo and Alfredo Castiglioni specifically to produce the Dragon Fly 333 light helicopter, rights to which were taken over from general engineering company CRAE Elettromeccanica SpA. The Dragon Fly can also be delivered as a drone for military use. The main two-blade rotor is mounted above and behind the cabin and is driven by a 105hp Dragon Fly/Hirth F30.A2 two-stroke engine. The all-metal Dragon Fly has an enclosed pod fuselage with fixed skid and a tubular tailboom carrying a T-tail with a two-blade tail rotor. Production totalled 51 (up to c/n 51-97) by mid-1997.
Dragon Fly production was set initially at three per month, and the first production machine was delivered in late 1993. The Dragon Fly 333 is technically an ultralight, but is built to JAR Part 27 standard and was approved in 1996 under the Italian VLR (Very Light Rotorcraft) standard. Two prototypes of a single-seat model were built and flown in 1989 as a precursor to the two-seat production model.
was formed by the Angelo and Alfredo Castiglioni brothers at Cucdago in northern Italy to build a small side-by side two-seater which was, initially the Dragonfly helicopter, designed for their own personal use as an easily transportable machine for use in archaeological exploration.
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