Bell Helicopter kindly emailed me this image of the poster hanging in their Quad-A exhibit booth that I filmed and described earlier this week. As discussed earlier, the Hybrid Tandem Rotor (HTR) features an all-new semi-tiltwing capable of 225kt forward speed, according to Bell. The concept is proposed as a replacement for the Sikorsky UH-60 and Boeing AH-64.
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POSTER: Bell's new Hybrid Tandem Rotor
Bell Helicopter kindly emailed me this image of the poster hanging in their Quad-A exhibit booth that I filmed and described earlier this week. As discussed earlier, the Hybrid Tandem Rotor (HTR) features an all-new semi-tiltwing capable of 225kt forward speed, according to Bell. The concept is proposed as a replacement for the Sikorsky UH-60 and Boeing AH-64.
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on May 8, 2009 4:23 PM | Reply
That looks like their XV-15. And is that an AH-1 fuselage?
on May 8, 2009 8:42 PM | Reply
Actually, very little like either. I flew the XV-15 in 79-80. It was a very simple concept; mechanical flight control system, low-tech engines, all-metal everything. More of a Rube Goldberg invention that worked very well than anything. Both at that time and later, both in the fleet and at NATC, I flew the AH-lJ/T/T+/W quite a bit. Think you'll find their hybrid version is quite a bit bigger than the Cobra.
on May 8, 2009 9:59 PM | Reply
Looks like they finally found a way to use those ARH Fuselages.