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The Bell 407 is a four-blade, single-engine, civil utility helicopter. A derivative of the Bell 206L-4 LongRanger, the 407 uses the four-blade, soft-in-plane design rotor with composite hub developed for the United States Army's OH-58D Kiowa Warrior instead of the two-blade, semi-rigid, teetering rotor of the 206L-4.
A Bell 407 being used for early development of the ARH-70. Bell Helicopter proposed an update of the OH-58D concept in a militarized version of the Bell 407, using a more powerful Honeywell HTS900 turboshaft engine, [8] an all-composite main rotor based on the Bell 430's rotor, and the Bell 427 tail assembly. [9]
The Sioux is a single-engine single-rotor three-seat observation and basic training helicopter. In 1953 the Bell 47G design was introduced. It can be recognized by the full "soap bubble" canopy (as its designer Arthur M. Young termed it), [7] exposed welded-tube tail boom, saddle fuel tanks and skid landing gear.
The Bell Huey family of helicopters includes a wide range of civil and military aircraft produced since 1956 by Bell Helicopter.This H-1 family of aircraft includes the utility UH-1 Iroquois and the derivative AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter series and ranges from the XH-40 prototype, first flown in October 1956, to the 21st-century UH-1Y Venom and AH-1Z Viper.
On 20 November 2015, the MQ-8C completed a 3-week operational assessment period to assess system performance, endurance, and reliability of the unmanned helicopter over 83.4 hours in 11 flights. To date, the aircraft logged 730 flight hours over 427 flights. Ship-based testing is expected to begin in 2017. [34]
Data from Bell Helicopter, International Directory of Civil Aircraft, Aerospace-Technology [unreliable source?] General characteristics Crew: 2 Capacity: 7 passengers / 2,960 lb (1,343 kg) internal load Length: 37 ft 6 in (11.43 m) Height: 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) with standard skids Empty weight: 3,881 lb (1,760 kg) Max takeoff weight: 6,550 lb (2,971 kg) Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada ...
Most-produced Western helicopter; nicknamed "Huey". UH-1Y derivative in production. 1959–1976 Bell 206 Jetranger: 8,460: manufactured at Bell plants in United States and Canada: Also made under licence by Agusta in Italy and Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation in Australia: 1966–2010 Eurocopter AS350: 7,000 + [1] France: Airbus Helicopters ...
McGowen, Stanley S. Helicopters: An Illustrated History of Their Impact. Weapons and warfare series. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, 2005. ISBN 1-85109-468-7; Pelletier, Alain J (1992). Bell Aircraft since 1935. Annapolis, Md: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-056-8. "Pentagon Over the Islands: The Thirty-Year History of Indonesian Military ...