Case Study: CoaX Helicopters Ltd achieves an 18-month prototype and major time and cost savings with SOLIDWORKS

Commercializing Coaxial Rotor Helicopter Technology With Solidworks Solutions

Coax Helicopters Ltd, an Australian company commercializing coaxial rotor helicopter technology for manned and unmanned applications, faced the challenge of translating legacy 2D Gyrodyne designs into validated 3D models and rapidly refining them without costly trial-and-error prototyping. To bring a safer, more efficient coaxial design to market faster, they needed an easy-to-use development platform that supported frequent design changes, simulation, and clear manufacturing documentation.

Coax Helicopters implemented SolidWorks Premium design and analysis together with SolidWorks Composer for technical communication, using integrated simulation (FEA) to validate strength, durability, and vibration damping. With SolidWorks, the five‑engineer team produced and flight‑tested a functional manned prototype in 18 months, cut years from development time, saved hundreds of thousands of dollars in prototyping costs, and created production-ready assembly documentation to improve safety, stability, and manufacturability.

Coax Helicopters Ltd

Peter Batten

Managing Director