Originally Posted by
Commando Cody
From what I've been able to determine, when Bell and Boeing talked, the latter wanted too much control, espeecially in the Fkight Control System, and Bell wouldn't agree so Boeing walked (much to Bell's relief)…...
Commando Cody, My friends told me the same Boeing departure story. There’s also a follow up story.
After the Boeing FLRAA split, Bell approached Boeing with an offer that they build the fuselage for the V280 as a subcontractor to Bell. Boeing responded that they would only build the fuselage if they were paid to develop the flight control system also. This truly displays the inflated ego Boeing had in dealing with Bell.
Boeing assumed that Bell could not develop an advanced Fly-by-Wire flight control system without their help. But the opposite was true. Bell developed a much better flight control system, by not having any Boeing “help”.