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Hill HX50

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Private, luxury helicopter for 5 passengers, offered with skid/wheels landing gear. Includes the variant HC50 for commercial use. In development.

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Lift type

Rotary wing

Construction

Factory-built, Kit-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Turboshaft

Application

Business, Touring

Fleet facts business use worldwide · as at August 2026

In business use

4 aircraft

Production years

2021

Average age

5 years

Figures cover the worldwide fleet in business use — airline and military examples are not included. Fleet data: Business Air News research.

Design & construction

Primary structure

Composite

Ice protection

None

Pressurisation

Unpressurised

Autopilot

3-axis

Avionics architecture

Integrated glass suite

Environmental control

None-unpressurised

Rotor configuration

Single main + tail

Certification

Part 27

Minimum crew

Composite fuselage (primary structure) Primary Synthetic vision Option

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Production end	Notes
Hill HX50	2020 /		Light helicopter designed for private owners, includes HC50 commercial variant.

Airframer

Hill Helicopters Ltd.

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