Helis, December 18, 2018 - December 18 marks the First Year of Flight for the Bell V-280 Valor.
With more than twice the speed and range of current helicopter models, the V-280 Valor is Bell’s proposal for the future US Army aircraft as part of the Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator (JMR-TD) program.
In nearly 85 hours of flight and more than 180 rotor turn hours, some V-280 flight testing milestones are:
- Forward flight at 250 knots true airspeed;
- In-flight transitions between cruise mode and vertical takeoff and landing;
- 50-degree banked turns at 200 knots indicated airspeed;
- 4,500-feet-per-minute rate of climb and sustained flight at 11,500 feet altitude;
- Single flight ferry flight of over 370 miles; and
- Demonstrated low- and high-speed agility with fly-by-wire controls.
The V-280 prototype was recently moved from Bell facility at Amarillo where it was built to the Arlington Flight Research Center both in Texas.
With more than twice the speed and range of current helicopter models, the V-280 Valor is Bell’s proposal for the future US Army aircraft as part of the Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator (JMR-TD) program.
In nearly 85 hours of flight and more than 180 rotor turn hours, some V-280 flight testing milestones are:
- Forward flight at 250 knots true airspeed;
- In-flight transitions between cruise mode and vertical takeoff and landing;
- 50-degree banked turns at 200 knots indicated airspeed;
- 4,500-feet-per-minute rate of climb and sustained flight at 11,500 feet altitude;
- Single flight ferry flight of over 370 miles; and
- Demonstrated low- and high-speed agility with fly-by-wire controls.
The V-280 prototype was recently moved from Bell facility at Amarillo where it was built to the Arlington Flight Research Center both in Texas.
V-280 Valor N280BH ( Bell Helicopter )
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Bell V-280 Valor
