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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.
Bell 427 cockpit. The Bell 427 is powered by two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW207D turboshaft engines with FADEC. [2] Like the Bell 407, the 427 uses a four-blade main rotor system with a rigid, composite rotor hub and a two-blade tail rotor. [2] The Bell 427's cabin is 13 in (33 cm) longer than the 407, and consists primarily of composite ...
Bristow Current Helicopter Fleet; Size Aircraft Total Notes Small Bell 407: Used to carry 4 to 6 passengers for smaller production facilities, daytime flights and shorter routes. Small Bell 206b: 1 Operated purely on/for training of Bristow pilots. Medium Sikorsky S-76C+/C++: 44 Super Medium-lift AgustaWestland AW189: 2?
The Bell 407-based MQ-8C has an endurance of 12 hours, a range of 150 nmi (170 mi; 280 km), and a payload capacity of about 318 kg (701 lb); [8] it has twice the endurance and three times the payload as the MQ-8B. [9] In early July 2013, Northrop Grumman delivered the first MQ-8C to the Navy.
The Bell 412 is a utility helicopter of the Huey family manufactured by Bell Helicopter. It is a development of the Bell 212 , with the major difference being the composite four-blade main rotor. It is a twin-turbine helicopter that has been popular on the civilian and military markets, and major users include Canada, Italy, and Japan.
As the US Navy was withdrawing its RQ-2 Pioneers from service, it began to seek a second generation UAV.The Navy requirement specified a vertical takeoff & landing aircraft, with a payload capacity of 90 kg (200 lb), a range of 125 miles (200 km), an endurance on station of three hours at an altitude of 20,000 feet (6,100 m), and the ability to land on a ship in a 29 mph (47 km/h; 13 m/s) wind.
Air Evac owns and operates over 150 Bell 206 L1+ Long Ranger [2] and about a dozen Bell 407 helicopters with each being equipped for medical services. The company has flown the Bell 206 LongRanger since its founding citing the model's reliability, efficiency, agility and safety record. [ 12 ]
Fleet size: 112 (110 ... listed at Canadian Helicopters as an Airbus Bell 206: 10: 206B, LongRanger: Single engine Bell 212: 8: 212: Twin engine Bell 407: 5: 407 ...