Settled  in Torino, it has been the official importer of the
“American Sportscopters Inc.” products and is producer of a series of Ultralight Helicopters’ kits

The  254 Model, the sole Ultralight Helicopter  existing in the american market, where the rules are much more strict than in Europe, cannot be exported, as just for the inner market.

The  331  model: a one-seat helicopter with different accessories for the equipment, can
either  have an  HIRTH 55HP Engine or the   HIRTH 65HP one, the 2h30 autonomy makes of it an amusing leasure time  mean .

Model 496 has decidedly advanced characteristics, adapted to receive various motorizations, planned like remote-controlled helicopter for navy of the United States and then, seen the goodness of the plan, commercialized also like piloted means.
 

In some states it is registered as a light Helicopter.  In New Zeland it is used  as a light helicopter from the Police, in Thailand  in agricolture, in the USA as a teaching mean for self-built one-seat  helicopters. During the whole 2001 n. 156 were sold, quantity which will  rapidly increase considering the great interest shown from the authorities of some Asiatic States

The  ASI Italia, in accordance with the builder, is experimenting different  motorisations and solutions to be as suitable as posible to the european market. It  will be the Kit to be sold and the buyer  will be able to make it personal, according to his taste.  We can supply cushions for the seats in different colors and materials, the inner wall - paper  with a  particular painting system called   "floccatura"  which is very light and makes a velvetish  effect.  The Tail Rotor’s protection, of a different shape  more efficient and stylized with a white back light. We are also bulders of the  whole reduction system and of the SOLAR turbine mounting parts

Ultrasport 254 - 331 - 496RT e UAV Helicopters

The Helicopters are realised according to the Specifications for Ultralight means FAR part 103 of the  FAA with advanced characteristics, so that the  maximum of thecnology can be exploited both in performance and in security. The  Ultrasport 331 is  designed to  satisfy the  FAR Part 21.191 rule (g) as a self built helicopter, while the Ultrasport 496RT has been developped as a 2 seats version to satisfy the FAA  rules, as an ultralight trainig Helicopter.
The Ultrasport UAV at the moment is in a developping phase for tactic applications.

 The main characteristics of the  Ultrasport helicopters  include:

The Ultrasport has been recognised as the most advanced thecnological Helicopter as stated on the U.S. Aviation of September 1995:

Many societies made lots of promises to  “ Leasure Time Helicopters” Amateurs declaring to supply reliable means for anybody at incredibly low prices. In many cases these promises revealed to be unreal, especially concerning the Microlight one seat. These societies often promised revoluionary components for helicopters, able to take-off and take you to heaven… Some of these things were really bizarre, a lot of them used rough rotating systems started from turbines of aeronautic doutfull validity; others being a bit more than a  mock-up of a dream, tried to make of us an  "Icarus beginner” ... but good news are finally coming!!! The American Sportscopter program, promising a real Ultralight Helicopter (Ultrasport 331) and a reliable two-seats (Ultrasport 496)  has been realised. It can be considered the most technologically advanced helicopter in the whole history of  the sports aviation ...