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Old 8th Mar 2017, 02:00
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New Bell Concept FCX 001

Couple of images of the new FCX 001
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Old 8th Mar 2017, 02:01
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Design

What a waste of time and money. They should concentrate on "now" and "here" and build some decent helicopter for the presence.
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Bell FCX001

Here are my photos of the FCX001 unveiled on Tuesday at HAI. I did try both passenger and single pilot VR

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what was your honest opinion of it and the concept??
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Ah, yes, the only thing Bell is really good at over the last few decades - making concepts!
And of course, when/if it ever comes out, it'll be nothing like this.
It'll be underpowered, unpractical, uncategorized, and ugly.
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Word is the concept was put on the floor to draw conversation, especially to draw it away from the 525. And it seemed to have worked. No engineers said the concepts were being seriously considered.
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was there nothing more present time related? something that will actually fly in the next decade? 407 replacement perhaps...
no lets make some twin engine futuristic star-wars looking mock-up
exactly what the market was calling for and not even try to compete with Airbus anymore in the singles.

and yes it's but fugly
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