are there many like this ?
 

http://www.mayef.de/album1/RTH_ITH_Bel_412.jpg

I this really a 412 ?.



[This message has been edited by helidrvr (edited 16 March 2001).]

Hmmm...I don't see it on the 412 options list.

Those are the German Air Ambulance 412s on wheels. I think there are 5 or so and are the only 412s ive seen on wheels other than a Bell factory demo ship that did rounds
in the USA 6-7 years ago. It came thru Los Angeles with a corporate interior and paint scheme.
Dammed ugly machine with those silly wheels and it makes the S-76 look like the prettiest helicopter made

are those rear wheels retractable

No, the wheels are not retractable. As for their 'ugliness', it handles like a sports car on the ground, like many things, once you're behind the stick, it somehow becomes less ugly.

There is only one other helicopter that competes in the ugliness stakes - the 214ST on wheels!

No matter what, the 412 wheeliecopter is the ugliest machine that was ever produced. Looks like a mid-air between a 412 and a Cessna 150!! ;)

A Mk 9 Lynx looks pretty ugly (can you say that?), but as CTD says, once in the air...

Mighty Gem

A Lynx! In the air? I'll have a pint of whatever you're on please.

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If it ain't broke.............

Not sure if you were suggesting the Lynx is ugly in the air or on the ground ot that it is unusual to be in a flying state !!