Huey Part Deux ...
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Huey Part Deux ...
As I like the twin versions ...
First USMC UH-1Y Helo Rolls Out at Bell's Flight Research Center
The Venerable UH-1 Gets A Major Upgrade
Bell Helicopter unveiled the first UH-1Y utility transport helicopter the company is producing for the US Marine Corps.
Bell will produce 100 UH-1Y aircraft as part of the $4.5 Billion H-1 Program which also includes 180 AH-1Z attack helicopters. The event at Bell's Flight Research Center located at Arlington Municipal Airport was attended by a large number of Marine aviators including Lt. Gen. William Nyland, Deputy Marine Corps Commandant for Aviation.
The H-1 Program is a major upgrade to remanufacture the US Marine Corps fleet of AH-1W SuperCobra and UH-1N utility helicopters to an advanced configuration featuring common engines and flight dynamics.
The H-1 upgrades include an enormous amount of commonality between the two aircraft including engines (GE-T700 engines), four blade all composite, hingeless, bearingless main rotor system and tail rotor, identical drive trains, hydraulics and electrical distribution systems.
By utilizing common systems the cost of the logistics support process for the two helicopters reduces dramatically allowing for vastly improved shipboard operability.
Far less critical shipboard space will be needed to store spare parts and support equipment to support the two helicopters comprising the H-1 Program.
First flight of the UH-1Y is scheduled for later this month. At full production the H-1 Program will employ approximately 300 people at Bell Helicopter.
Looks like they squared off the intakes, and it has a Cobra style exhaust.
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First USMC UH-1Y Helo Rolls Out at Bell's Flight Research Center
The Venerable UH-1 Gets A Major Upgrade
Bell Helicopter unveiled the first UH-1Y utility transport helicopter the company is producing for the US Marine Corps.
Bell will produce 100 UH-1Y aircraft as part of the $4.5 Billion H-1 Program which also includes 180 AH-1Z attack helicopters. The event at Bell's Flight Research Center located at Arlington Municipal Airport was attended by a large number of Marine aviators including Lt. Gen. William Nyland, Deputy Marine Corps Commandant for Aviation.
The H-1 Program is a major upgrade to remanufacture the US Marine Corps fleet of AH-1W SuperCobra and UH-1N utility helicopters to an advanced configuration featuring common engines and flight dynamics.
The H-1 upgrades include an enormous amount of commonality between the two aircraft including engines (GE-T700 engines), four blade all composite, hingeless, bearingless main rotor system and tail rotor, identical drive trains, hydraulics and electrical distribution systems.
By utilizing common systems the cost of the logistics support process for the two helicopters reduces dramatically allowing for vastly improved shipboard operability.
Far less critical shipboard space will be needed to store spare parts and support equipment to support the two helicopters comprising the H-1 Program.
First flight of the UH-1Y is scheduled for later this month. At full production the H-1 Program will employ approximately 300 people at Bell Helicopter.
Looks like they squared off the intakes, and it has a Cobra style exhaust.
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Gatvol
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Looks like an Overgross 412.........Maybe Im wrong.....Typical of the military, instead of developing something new, they use the Alphabet.....I wonder whats gonna happen after the (Z) model....
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From: The home of Dudley Dooright-Where the lead dog is the only one that gets a change of scenery.
Having worked for Bell as a Maintenance Manager/Product Support Manager for three years I can attest to one thing. Bell has not designed a new military helicopter from the ground up for almost thirty years. The last helicopter Bell was contracted for by the military was the UH-1. Every other military and some civil helicopters were a derivative of that model. Bell will also use preexisting parts from one helicopter and install it on another helicopter model. If you don’t believe me just check your parts catalog and you will find a mixture of three digit numbers ranging from 204, 205, 206,209 and upward. The later the model the more different prefixes you will find. Another point is that if the part performed well on the helicopter it was designed for it would most likely operate well on its’ new installation. However if the part was bad it would still be bad. This was proven on the 214, which was cobbled together for the Iranian Army. It was poorly tested and poorly constructed and it had a lot of bad 205 structural parts.
