Bell 525 Advanced Troop Transport

[chopper2004]

Just had heads up from Bell re them offering the 525 Relentless as an Advanced Troop Transport / multi role mission helo (images courtesy of Bell Helicopter)

cheers

[MPN11]

All-Economy fit? Don't they have First?

[2805662]

Remove row three - or run outward-facing centre seating. Seems impractical otherwise.

[Buster Hyman]

.....No IFE.

[Lonewolf_50]

You can't sit five fully armed troops abreast in that cabin unless they are about the size of a hobbit.
The picture is nonsense.
Granted, you could reconfigure that cabin to accomodate a crewman, and 12-14 troops. Depends on whether or not you want crash worthy seats (like in the Blackhawk) or not for a plane that will be going into Combat, rather than back and forth from an oil rig, etc.

[Martin the Martian]

How do the rearward facing troops (row 2) get out without scrambling all over the outermost seat of row 3?

[BEagle]

Not the slightest hope of that aircraft becoming a successful military helicopter - it's not ugly enough!

I do wonder whether Bell actually has any idea of what the average fully armed grunt has to carry these days - Lonewolf_50 has it right!

[2805662]

Originally Posted by BEagle

I do wonder whether Bell actually has any idea of what the average fully armed grunt has to carry these days - Lonewolf_50 has it right!

No less a clue than Airbus helicopters!

[TBM-Legend]

I didn't see any door gunners and weapons stations either. Where does on throw their kit?

[megan]

.....No IFE

There is at least one glass cockpit helicopter extant in which you can play a game on the screens (think pac man style, too long ago). Worked on the ground, don't know about the IF part.

[Trim Stab]

For the reasons already stated, I don't think Bell are going to try to sell that to serious militaries. Probably targeting some African noddy air forces like Nigeria.All those seats will be just fine for moving senior officers, their three wives, fifteen children, and a few fridges and suitcases of dollars.