Experimental (N280BH)

Interesting looking helicopter. Twin engines and twin rotors are not new, but the lack of a tail rotor is a new idea.

The engine pod does not flip with rotors like it does on the V-22...it appears just the rotors change position

The H-21 Piasecki, the CH-57 Chinook and HH-43 Huskie helicopters were all dual rotors with no tail rotor developed in the 1950s. The Piasecki and Chinook with opposing rotors and the Huskie with intermeshing rotors. The Soviets developed several coaxial dual rotor helicopters during the same time period. In fact, the largest heavy lift helicopter ever produced, the Mi-12, was a dual rotor aircraft built by the Soviets. The lack of a tail rotor is actually an old idea.

Alan Brown. Actually Twin Rotor helicopters were flown without tail rotors before world War Two https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Wulf_Fw_61
This just looks like Bells equivalent to the V22 Osprey.

The Bristol 173 designed by Raoul Hafner was also a twin rotor / twin engine helicopter, it first flew on January 3rd 1952. Later development for the RAF was called the 'Belvedere. 26 Belvederes were built. As an engineering apprentice at Bristol Aero Engines Ltd. [ circa late 1950's ] I saw the gear boxes for this helicopter being tested.

Further to my previous note about twin rotor Bristol helicopters both the B172 and the later B192 Belvedere were powered by - 2 × Alvis Leonides Major air-cooled 14-cylinder radial, 550 hp (410 kW) each

My apologies but on further research I found that the B192 Belvederes were in fact powered with much more grunt by - 2 × Napier Gazelle turboshaft, 1,465 hp (1,092 kW) each. Memories of an apprenticeship so many years ago are always a bit cloudy!

If the old Bonanza made a helicopter it would look like this.

On this model the engines do not rotate like the V22 Osprey. Notice the props swivel but the engines remain stationery

Seems to be so much that can go wrong here.

looks like an OSPREY--in black!

Two Rotor helicopters need no "tail rotor".

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