Taranaki
Joined: Jan 2010
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From: UK
A total of FOUR golden brown Bo105s were bought last summer from the UAE Police, arriving late June 2011. Two are now registered to Oceania as HAV and HAX - the latter for sale on their website here) plus a photo of it here
HYT is red and with Helipro and came from Japan
HYT in its previous scheme prior to the red paint....
HYT is red and with Helipro and came from Japan
HYT in its previous scheme prior to the red paint....
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 395
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From: New Zealand
oh god thats ugly!
People give Bell grief about regurgitating old designs, but looking at all the Eurocopter history, i cant find any new small design to come out of france/germany recently either...
what am i missing?
People give Bell grief about regurgitating old designs, but looking at all the Eurocopter history, i cant find any new small design to come out of france/germany recently either...
what am i missing?
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 382
Likes: 15
From: Out there
People give Bell grief about regurgitating old designs, but looking at all the Eurocopter history, i cant find any new small design to come out of france/germany recently either...
what am i missing?
what am i missing?
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 395
Likes: 0
From: New Zealand
gazelle - Lama - AS350 - 120 - 130
come on surely you can see the similarity from the 350B3 to the fat squirrel (130B4) and skinny squirrel (120)
as close as 206 - 206L - 407 -427 - 429
we have the following:
BO105 - BK117 - EC145
EC135 is a 355 mum crossed with a 117 dad.
R22 - 44 - 66...
not a problem, never fly the A model of anything! i just cant see why Bell gets the bad rap for no new products, when everyone else is really in the same boat.
If anyone the Italians have been the most innovative, and Bell had a hand in it, even tho they sold out of the 139 and 609...
come on surely you can see the similarity from the 350B3 to the fat squirrel (130B4) and skinny squirrel (120)
as close as 206 - 206L - 407 -427 - 429
we have the following:
BO105 - BK117 - EC145
EC135 is a 355 mum crossed with a 117 dad.
R22 - 44 - 66...
not a problem, never fly the A model of anything! i just cant see why Bell gets the bad rap for no new products, when everyone else is really in the same boat.
If anyone the Italians have been the most innovative, and Bell had a hand in it, even tho they sold out of the 139 and 609...
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 382
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From: Out there
You're right Superf I can see the similarities, however the bell similarities are far more obvious.
I'm a dyed in the wool bell fan and also of the 'if it ain't broke don't fix it school' but at least the EC product 'looks' new to the uninitiated.
The 120 & 130 are far from perfect even if hey look the part, the 120 shakes the instrument console and looks like the supports have broken on start up and the 130 isn't much better, in fact the last time I was in a 130 the high frequency vibe made it feel like the tip of my nose was going to fall off.
Looks like there is no new thinking in helicopters really.
ET
I'm a dyed in the wool bell fan and also of the 'if it ain't broke don't fix it school' but at least the EC product 'looks' new to the uninitiated.
The 120 & 130 are far from perfect even if hey look the part, the 120 shakes the instrument console and looks like the supports have broken on start up and the 130 isn't much better, in fact the last time I was in a 130 the high frequency vibe made it feel like the tip of my nose was going to fall off.
Looks like there is no new thinking in helicopters really.
ET
