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Old 24th Feb 2006, 13:18
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tongue-in-cheek comments on Bell 412 website

Off-the-wall cute obscure website urls, V.1.

www.onefinalcoat.com

Now, would you think that had to do with helicopters? Guess again--it's Bell's 412 LUH advertisement! The "onefinalcoat" turns out to be the hypnotic suggestion that it has everything you could possibly need except that one final coat of your paint scheme!

Some chuckles available on the tech specifications .pdf button, also: the 412 is "based on the four-rotor, twin-engine 412EP" -- wow FOUR ROTORS, what a lifter! Somebody didn't proof-read this, helicopters with 4 rotors are significantly rare in history. (A few lines down they do get to "4-bladed rotor" but that comes after you're fininshed ROFL.)

In a masterstroke of customer reassurance, the Cabin Size options include either 6 or 8 "crashworthy seats." Nice to know, isn't it, that they are subliminally putting you on alert that you WILL crash! Other helicopters, one presumes, have seats not worthy of crashing. Or, perhaps, all the seats are good for is crashing?

The ship "routinely performs multiple same-day missions." How unusual for a helicopter. Must be in contrast to the OTHER helicopters that only do one mission a day? Who wrote this thing?

"Titanium yoke for smoother ride." Hey, everybody should have a titanium yoke, smooths out all those obnoxious jolts and bumps, finaly a smooth-as-silk helicopter.

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