"Combining electronics and hydraulics eh? You going to query Bell's FBW 525?"
The Bell 525 landing gear is electrically actuated with electric motors and ball screws, like the Bell 429 WLG and AB H160. The AW 149 may be all electric also. Most new helicopters are adopting all electric actuation for landing gear.
I think the comment
You going to query Bell's FBW 525?
had to do with the Fly By Wire system: using only electricity won't provide the power to move primary flight controls the way hydraulics does.
I have it on good authority that another OEM uses "electrically activated hydraulically powered" flight controls. From an old SH-60 flight manual
The Automatic Flight Control System (AFCS) is an electrohydromechanical system that provides inputs to the flight control system to assist the pilot in maneuvering and handling the helicopter.
Tthey mixed electric and hydraulic and mechanical all together. (Should I call the Admiral and ask them to ground the fleet?)
