It has a crisp, firm response and excellent tail rotor authority.
BELL 427 FLIGHT MANUAL FOR DUMMIES FULL
In utility config, you can go full pax full fuel. You can use a 200 or 250 gallon Bambi and blast away at fires, or sling six drums of fuel to your fuel cache. At sea level, on low gear with a hook it scoots along at an honest 140kts. I haven't flown it at altitude, but friends who've worked them in the Himalayas and Rockies say they perform very well. It will outperform a B2/B3 in some categories, and lags behind it in others. Of course, the comparisons to the 350 are as common as Ford and Chevy. The 407 is a wonderful machine to fly, and certainly a step up from previous generation helicopters. A very high collective setting in cruise, to the point of having your elbow touch the back wall, uncomfortable at first.Īny more questions, comments email me at: Fly Safe! if you're over 5'8" it's going to be uncomfortable to fly for extended periods. A very short distance from Butt to Pedals. Some problems, other than the new 110 Kt VNE (effective today) are: It's been described as a mini-214 by some(who have 214 time) Initial rate of climb at gross is way up towards 2,000 FPM. The best thing about the aircraft (other than the (EX) 140Kt speed is the climb rate, it climbs out like a Home-sick Angel. The onboard computer records every parameter, so pilot abuse is not possible without the wrench knowing exactly what you "pulled".
BELL 427 FLIGHT MANUAL FOR DUMMIES MANUAL
The FADEC is extremely accurate with the Nr control, it never droops, hardly overspeeds, but in Manual throttle it's a bit of a bear, way more touchy than a 212. After 24 years of holding starters and winding throttles, that took me some getting used to! It's very responsive in flight, crisp accurate control, Longlining is a snap, it just makes you look good. It may be a perfect little Intermediate, but those darn tailbooms keep falling off? I have 2 years on a 407 and it's the greatest Aircraft that I've ever flown. Is that not offensive? Believe me, there's no hysteria on this end, but I will try to provide accurate information when it's asked for. While preaching the merits of an open forum, without offensive or libelous language, you're quick to make stupid assumptions on an accident which killed someone. Thomas Coupling, you seem to think it's all a bit of a lark. The point was to illustrate that all aircraft experience problems which inevitable either get fixed, or the aircraft fails of its own merits. I've lost enough friends to this industry to have had that circuit breaker reset years ago. Certainly meant no disrespect to those who've lost their lives or loved ones in 76s or anything else for that matter.
You're right, the language may have been a little flippant. Period.Īnd make sure your Ng is at 0 before turning off the battery.Ģ12man. Don't think of it as a 'failure', all that's happening is the helicopter is telling you it doesn't have enough information to control the fuel flow anymore, and it hands the throttle to you. Many pilots who fly 47s, or 212/205s in manual seem to get overwhelmed by the 407 in manual. My best piece of advice would be to not panic about the FADEC failure procedures.
Now, if you do start to fly the 407, and want some constructive 's a very simple helicopter with oodles of power.
But hysteria and rumour mongering does not serve anyone. These problems come up on aircraft, and the certification system takes care of them. The data was given to FAA and TC and the configuration approved.Īs I said in the other forum, this reminds me of the hysteria surrounding the 76 throwing blades and turbine wheels, the 'Falling Star', the Hu500 lead lag link failures, the AS350 spherical brg failures, the R22 tossing main rotor systems.etc etc. Bell has flown over 400 flights on instrumented aircraft with the new tail rotor configuration, hitting points up to and including 0.1 second full left pedal inputs at Vne. There is no evidence right now to suggest the accident in the gulf had anything to do with the previous tail rotor issues on the 407.
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