The V-280 Valor Bell Helicopter
Business Insider/Military.com: The US Army's futuristic new helicopter just flew for the first time
* Bell Helicopter's next-generation tilt-rotor aircraft, the V-280 Valor, has made its first flight.
* The V-280 Valor is supposed to replace the US Army's aging UH-60 Black Hawks in 2030.
* The new helicopter would double the speed and range of a conventional helicopter.
Bell Helicopter's next-generation tilt-rotor aircraft, the V-280 Valor, has made its first flight, the company announced in a release Monday.
The black prototype, which resembles the older V-22 Osprey, also made by Textron Inc.'s Bell unit and Boeing Co., completed the roughly maiden flight around 2 p.m. local time at the company's Amarillo, Texas, facility, according to the company.
"This is an exciting time for Bell Helicopter, and I could not be more proud of the progress we have made with first flight of the Bell V-280," Mitch Snyder, president and chief executive officer of Bell Helicopter, said in a statement.
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WNU Editor: That is one unique looking helicopter.
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thank you anon for the link. I am posting on that topic later today.
My pleasure. Looking forward to your post
The chopper looks even more dangerous than all the other choppers do. Not for me, thank you.
Yeah the design is not trust evoking. It better be really good and reliable
Sikorsky's original design of 1940 had multiple rotors. So people had the concept before.
It reminds me of a farm tractor that was hinged between the front and rear axles. It was 'new'. but probably wasn't (like the flying wing). People probably had the idea before but could not execute the idea until material science and manufacturing caught up.
This new helicopter is using the same tech as the Osprey. Other than the tilt roots I am sure people designed stuff similar to this 80 years ago.
I bet it is great in a permissive environment, otherwise...
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