POSTER: Bell's new Hybrid Tandem Rotor
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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.