Bell214b

[Guest jacdor]

approching 1.8 milion USD for a set....

 

And normally it is really hard to hurt just one.

 

 

JD

 

[MMike]

Please pardon my ignorance, but what is the attraction of the B214 vs a 212?

[marc]

Your max hook load is 8000 lbs.

[MMike]

What is it on a (almost non existent) B210?

 

B214 has terrible fuel burn though doesn't it?

[Guest jacdor]

Please pardon my ignorance, but what is the attraction of the B214 vs a 212?

 

You mean why are people more interested in the 214 versus the 212?

 

214B is a heavy lifter (8,000 lbs) and single.

 

212 is a medium lifter (3500 lbs) depending on altitude and temp and it is a twin

 

JD

 

 

 

 

 

[helitwin]

approching 1.8 milion USD for a set....

What was the price last year?

[Amphibious]

B214 has terrible fuel burn though doesn't it?

 

 

600 liters/hour

 

but the 214B is #### sweet, so who cares? It's nice when you're @ full fuel, 10 pax, all their gear, downwind, at altitude..... and still hover with 65%

 

god I miss that huge stable powerful *****

 

 

[helitwin]

600 liters/hour

 

but the 214B is #### sweet, so who cares? It's nice when you're @ full fuel, 10 pax, all their gear, downwind, at altitude..... and still hover with 65%

 

god I miss that huge stable powerful *****

 

 

Nice pics...kinda sad hearing that the old girl may become extinct

[Darksidelogger]

The 214B will continue on just as any other heavy lifter that is near impossible to replace due to nothing else that even comes close just like the S-64.

 

It's just not going to be as easy as it has in the past but with a little planning and some inginuity i'am sure it will carry on for quite a while yet.

 

The rin issue will make it tougher to log with but even when logging is going full tilt that's still only 4 machines the other +/- 23 machines still seem to busy doing other stuff.

 

I don't think there is any other type out there that could compete with the 214 in it's class.

yeah it burns over 600L per hour but it will pack 2 times what a 212 will do.

 

Besides nothing sounds better than a 33'' chord spinning at 300 rpm roaring by at 140 knots Eh?

 

DSL

[MMike]

Hmm...thanks for the info. I guess I never paid much attnetion to it because there are so few of them. I never clued in on the fact that it was a heavy. There are so many iterations of the huey platform now that I assumed it was just another one.

 

US forestry is currently hoarding B214's...which is affecting my day to day life somewhat. Hence my curiosity....