Wanna See The B429 Fly?

[A-Star Leader]

 

Enjoy :punk:

[Reddog]

If it's that wobbly in the hover with a test pilot flying, it looks like it will definitely need an AFCS for the rest of us.

[Some guy]

They should come up with a new design if they want to compete with eurocopter.

[Over-Talk]

Looking at those skids, I thought it was a Eurocopter.

 

(but a closer look shows it's just an old 206 on steroids. How long before that 1960's tailboom can't handle that fancy tail rotor, and the ADs start to come out??)

 

Hey Bell, nice "new" helicopter, yawn.

Where's your new (??) 417, yawn.

Are you still rebuilding 205s into new "210s"??, yawn.

[kato]

Maybe its the lack of sleep, but it sort of resembles a "lynx" to me. I can definately see the similarities with the rest of their product... But **** its kinda got that "it's so ugly its attractive" thing going for it.

[Fenestron]

LOL, I didn't even have to say a thing and everything I thought has already been said. :punk:

 

It'll have a market, die hard supporters will see something in it. Good luck Bell.

[Mark_]

Tailboom looks shorter that a 206...T/R looks smaller...is it 4 blade?

[Some guy]

Tailboom looks shorter that a 206...T/R looks smaller...is it 4 blade?

Yeah it's four blades but actually it looks like two JetRanger t/r superimposed with opposing delta hinges.....Kinda like their 412's (two m/r heads bolted together) To quote Over-Talk.....Yawn

[Tip Target]

They should come up with a new design if they want to compete with eurocopter.

 

 

yeah they should, they should just scrap the whole 429 thing and start over, good idea.

[Fenestron]

well, they already did that with the 427....whats the next step the 431???? then the 433???? Ah...the evolution of man has no chance against this evolution

 

"Bell Helicopters, the leaders in Evolution"

 

remember, this aircraft was supposedly built with the customers input too.....

 

who did they ask is my question :punk: . (insert jokes that cover third graders all the way to bi-polar Base managers and owners)

Judging from a few of the new items, when they asked "Mr Blah Blah from Someplace Helicopters LLC", he must have just shown them a few pictures of competitors aircraft and they ran with it.