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Old 2nd May 2016, 14:55
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Originally Posted by riff_raff
The Bell V-280 JMR-TD seems to be coming along nicely from the pictures shown here:

http://aviationweek.com/site-files/a...te-Textron.jpg

The quality of the airframe shown in the pictures seems much better than what you would normally expect in a prototype.
It appears that they changed their minds form the original concept regarding where to put the main landing gear. The artist's conception from a few years ago had a tricycle gear footprint (like that of a CH-53).
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