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{{Short description|American kit helicopter}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Use American English|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox aircraft
|name = Exec 162F
|logo = 
|image = RotorwayExec01.jpg
|caption = 
|type = [[homebuilt aircraft|Amateur-built helicopter]]
|manufacturer = [[RotorWay International]]
|designer = 
|first_flight = 1994
|introduction = 1994
|retired = 
|status = Production completed
|primary_user = 
|more_users = 
|produced = 1994 - 2011
|number_built =
|developed_from = 
|variants = [[Alpi Syton AH 130]]<br>[[RotorWay A600 Talon]]<br>[[Hillberg Turbine Exec]]
}}
[[File:Rotorway Exec flights.jpg|thumb|right|RotorWay Execs in flight]]
The '''RotorWay Exec''' is a family of [[United States|American]] two-bladed, skid-equipped, two-seat kit [[helicopter]]s, manufactured by [[RotorWay International]] of [[Chandler, Arizona]] and supplied in [[homebuilt aircraft|kit form]] for amateur-construction.

==Design and development==
The Exec 162F is the latest in the Exec series of helicopters manufactured by RotorWay International.

The [[RotorWay Scorpion]] design was updated with an aluminum tail and full fiberglass cockpit enclosure to become the Exec.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Air Progress|date=August 1989|title=Executive Privilege|author=Peter Lert}}</ref> The Exec 90 was developed in the early 1990s, it was, at the time, the only piston-powered helicopter to utilize an asymmetrical airfoil for improved [[Autorotation (helicopter)|autorotation]] characteristics and safety.

In 1994, a fuel injection system with electronic ignition, and [[FADEC]] was added to the Exec 90, producing the Exec 162F.

Unlike most U.S.-designed helicopters, the main rotor on the Exec 162F rotates clockwise, as seen from above.

The Exec series was further developed into the [[RotorWay A600 Talon]], which replaced the Exec in production.<ref name="WDLA11">Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 194. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X</ref>

==Operational history==
Comedian and ventriloquist [[Jeff Dunham]] has a custom-painted Rotorway Exec 162F with his name and a picture of Walter on the aircraft.<ref name="Dunham">{{cite web|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCepNGDZ5vs&NR=1|title = Jeff Dunham and Walter in their helicopter|accessdate = 2010-01-24|last = [[Country Music Television]]| website=[[YouTube]] |authorlink = |date=September 2007}}</ref>

==Variants==
;Rotorway Windstar
:Four place development that was cancelled.{{Citation needed|date=August 2012}}
;RotorWay Exec 90
:Introduced in 1990, improvement of the original RotorWay Exec, Electronic ignition, eyebrow windows, elastomeric control head.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Flying (magazine)|Flying]]|date=August 1991|volume=118|issue=8|last=George |first=Fred |title=Exec 90 back on course |pages=112–114}}</ref>
;RotorWay Exec 162F
:[[FADEC]] improved model.<ref>Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 189 and 194. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X</ref><ref>Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition'', page 329. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. {{ISBN|0-9636409-4-1}}</ref>
;AvioTecnica ES-101 Raven
:In 1996 AvioTecnica of Italy marketed the Exec as the ES-101 Exec with a turbine engine instead of the piston engine.<ref name="jackson" /> In 2004 it produced an improved variant it named the Aviotechnica ES-101 Raven powered by a modified [[Solar T62|Solar T-62-A]] turboshaft.<ref name="jackson" /> Other improvements include carbon-fibre rotor blades, a two-piece windscreen and later models have a digital cockpit.<ref name="WDLA11" /><ref name="jackson" />
;[[Alpi Syton AH 130]]
:The Raven design was taken over by [[Alpi Aviation]] in late 2008 and the aircraft further developed into the Alpi Syton AH 130.<ref name="WDLA11" />
;[[Hillberg Turbine Exec]]
:A turbine conversion using the [[Solar T62]] [[auxiliary power unit]] (APU) made by [[Hillberg Helicopters]] of [[Fountain Valley, California]] in the 1990s.<ref>Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition'', page 325. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. {{ISBN|0-9636409-4-1}}</ref>

==Specifications==
[[File:Rotorway Exec-162F VH-CCW.jpg|thumb|right|RotorWay Exec 162F]]
[[File:Rotorway Exec C-FXOA 03.JPG|thumb|right|Rotorway Exec]]
{{Aircraft specs
|prime units? = imp
|ref=Brassey's World Aircraft & Systems Directory 1999/2000 <ref name="Brasseys 99 p365-6">Taylor 1999, pp. 365–366.</ref>
|crew=one
|capacity= one passenger
|length ft= 22
|length m=6.71
|span ft=25
|span m=7.62
|height ft=8
|height m=2.44
|wing area sqft= 380
|wing area sqm= 35.4
|empty weight lb= 975
|empty weight kg= 442
|max takeoff weight lb=1,500
|max takeoff weight kg= 680
|eng1 name=RotorWay RI 162F
|eng1 type=[[flat-four]] piston engine
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 hp= 150
|eng1 kw=112
|max speed mph= 115
|max speed kts= 100
|max speed kmh= 185
|max speed note=at sea level
|cruise speed mph= 95
|cruise speed kts= 82
|cruise speed kmh= 153
|range miles= 180
|range nmi=156
|range km=290
|endurance=2 hr with maximum fuel
|ceiling ft= 5,000
|ceiling m= 1,525
|ceiling note=hover ceiling, out of ground effect
|climb rate ftmin=1,000
|climb rate ms= 5.1
}}

== See also ==
* [[Aerokopter AK1-3 Sanka]]
* [[Composite Helicopters International KC 518 Adventourer]]

==Notes==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="jackson">Jackson 2008, p. 361</ref>
}}

==References==
*Taylor, Michael J.H. (ed.). ''Brassey's World Aircraft & Systems Directory 1999/2000''. London:Brassey's, 1999. {{ISBN|1-85753-245-7}}.
*Jackson, Paul (ed) ''Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2008-2009''. Coulsdon, Surrey, England:Jane's Information Group, 2008. {{ISBN|978-0-7106-2837-4}}

==External links==
{{commons category|RotorWay Exec}}
*[http://www.rotorway.com RotorWay International website]
{{RotorWay International aircraft}}

[[Category:1990s United States civil utility aircraft]]
[[Category:1990s United States helicopters]]
[[Category:Homebuilt aircraft]]
[[Category:Single-engined piston helicopters]]
[[Category:Aircraft first flown in 1994]]

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