Military Huey Reincarnated as the Civil Bell 210
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Military Huey Reincarnated as the Civil Bell 210
Military Huey Reincarnated as the Civil Bell 210
FAA certification of the Bell 210, a single-turbine medium helicopter derived from the military UH-1H Huey, could happen this month, Bell CEO Mike Redenbaugh said at the Paris Air Show this week. “Our flight testing is complete, FAA pilots have flown the helicopter and now we’re just waiting for approval of the paperwork,” he added. Bell Helicopter begins with a refurbished UH-1H fuselage and adds Bell 212 dynamic components (main rotor hub and blades, tail rotor and accompanying support structure, transmission, rotating controls and tailboom) and an FAA-certified Honeywell T53-517B turboshaft engine. The result is a zero-time, commercial-off-the-shelf helicopter with a useful load of 5,000 pounds. “The 210 costs about $3 million and has direct operating costs of under $650 per hour,” said Redenbaugh. When the 210 first flew in December, Bell was estimating the helicopter’s direct operating costs would be about $530.
FAA certification of the Bell 210, a single-turbine medium helicopter derived from the military UH-1H Huey, could happen this month, Bell CEO Mike Redenbaugh said at the Paris Air Show this week. “Our flight testing is complete, FAA pilots have flown the helicopter and now we’re just waiting for approval of the paperwork,” he added. Bell Helicopter begins with a refurbished UH-1H fuselage and adds Bell 212 dynamic components (main rotor hub and blades, tail rotor and accompanying support structure, transmission, rotating controls and tailboom) and an FAA-certified Honeywell T53-517B turboshaft engine. The result is a zero-time, commercial-off-the-shelf helicopter with a useful load of 5,000 pounds. “The 210 costs about $3 million and has direct operating costs of under $650 per hour,” said Redenbaugh. When the 210 first flew in December, Bell was estimating the helicopter’s direct operating costs would be about $530.
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This has been in the works for some time. It has always been said in the states that when the last Blackhawk goes to the boneyard that the crew will ride home in a Huey.
This will be a workhorse for sure and would have been great 35 years ago. New technology is forever changing.
Here are some news articles .
http://www.rotor-international.com/nouveau.htm
http://flug-revue.rotor.com/FRTypen/...rst/PRB210.htm
http://www.bellhelicopter.textron.co...al/bell210.cfm
Now for those of you who have the same thought I do, forget it. Those hulks in the Cape are toast. They wont be 210s, 410s OR Hueys. Go back to the original thread and the explanantions are there.
This will be a workhorse for sure and would have been great 35 years ago. New technology is forever changing.
Here are some news articles .
http://www.rotor-international.com/nouveau.htm
http://flug-revue.rotor.com/FRTypen/...rst/PRB210.htm
http://www.bellhelicopter.textron.co...al/bell210.cfm
Now for those of you who have the same thought I do, forget it. Those hulks in the Cape are toast. They wont be 210s, 410s OR Hueys. Go back to the original thread and the explanantions are there.
