Bell V-280 Valor Reached Flight Speed of 80 Knots

USA Feb 8, 2018 · Bell Helicopter

Bell V-280 Valor Reached Flight Speed of 80 Knots

Bell V-280 Valor tilt-rotor reached a flight speed of 80 knots ~ 148 km/h flying at an altitude of 1,000 feet ~ 304 meters

The Bell V-280 Valor reached a flight speed of 80 knots and is flying at an altitude of 1,000 feet above ground level.

Some of the some of the test points demonstrated: Ground taxi, hover taxi, low altitude hovering maneuvers including 360 pedal turns and forward/aft/lateral repositions, 40 knots roll on landings, and forward flight out to 80 knots.

V-280 80 knots

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Bell V-280 Valor

first flight 2017

The V-280 Valor is Bell's third generation tilt-rotor designed for the the US Army’s Joint Multi-Role (JMR) / Future Vertical Lift (FVL) programme which search for a UH-60 Black Hawk replacement from 2030.