midnightprowler Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2019/10/03/bell-360-invictus.html?ana=yahoo&yptr=yahoo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
huey_crew_chief Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Super cool. Hope to see it realized. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
midnightprowler Posted October 5, 2019 Author Share Posted October 5, 2019 Looks too much like the RAH 66. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snake36bravo Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Bell Helicopter was run out of Army Aviation. I would not place my money on them being selected in the top two and that is just a fact. Boeing and Lockheed Martin Sikorski will be the 2 finalists, as usual. It was only last year two Bell test pilots were killed in one of their prototypes. Bell also let over 1,500 employees go recently and they continue the same lineage of rotorcraft without vision. Speed? Range? Lockheed holds that record if I remember right. The Air Force will never let them load those 'wings' with weapons stores because the Zoomies own CAS so they are just a gimmick and strangely, yet another throwback to the Lockheed Cheyenne. It's a sad entry and yes, far too reminiscent of the RAH-66 profile which I was around to watch them kill and cannibalize followed by our program on the 58 side of the house. A lot of Bothans died to bring us those plans ;) Again, no vision design department. And I love Bell Helicopter so that hurts to say. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
huey_crew_chief Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 Doesnt Bell still produce the V22 for the US? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Whiskey Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 Yes but you won't see one with "US Army" on the side. Snake's comments were directed at how the Army has essentially shunned Bell out of it's inventory, present and future. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tank Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 30 minutes ago, huey_crew_chief said: Doesnt Bell still produce the V22 for the US? Yes, for the Marines along with Cobra and Huey’s. AF and USN are in the mix as well. Few months back Boeing just opened a new facility for production. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zerosystem Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 I like it, maybe it can still get kitted... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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