Various Bell tilt-rotor projects

[Barrington Bond]

 

[Barrington Bond]

 

[Barrington Bond]

 

[Stargazer]

Nice set. The models are new to me, the others I had in lower quality. Thanks.

 

[Barrington Bond]

 

[Barrington Bond]

 

[circle-5]

Thank you Mister Bond.

 

[pedrospe]

Very interesting models and drawings,thanks a lot for posting.




best regards


Pedro

 

[Barrington Bond]

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[Barrington Bond]

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[Stargazer]

Very, very nice pictures, thanks.

However, two of these projects (D270 and D272A/B) do not belong in this topic because they do NOT depict tilt-rotor projects! They use another Bell-developed solution (never actually tested on a live prototype), the prop-folding rotor, also known as the trailing rotor.

 

[yasotay]

Found the attached will looking for something in DTIC. Did not find it anywhere else

 

[hesham]

Nice find my dear Yasotay,


but which document,can you send the link from DTIC,or it was in US Army magazine.

 

[yasotay]

It came out of a DTIC document. Will try to find it again.

 

[Orionblamblam]

Nice find my dear Yasotay,


but which document,can you send the link from DTIC,or it was in US Army magazine.

Aviation Week, as it says in the lower-right corner.

 

[RAP]

Nice color illustration of a proposed Bell Tilt-rotor gunship.

 

[hesham]

Hi,

here is a Bell tilt-rotor projects.

http://archive.aviationweek.com/image/spread/19801215/34/2

 

[hesham]

Hi

here is a strange Bell Tilt-Jet Project ?.

http://www.avia-it.com/act/biblioteca/periodici/PDF%20Riviste/Alata/Alata%201959%2001.pdf

 

[hesham]

From,

Flugzeuge. 1000 Maschinen aus aller Welt mit sämtlichen technischen Daten. Vom ersten Fluggerät bis zum Überschalljet

 

[hesham]

Hi,

http://archive.aviationweek.com/image/spread/19600418/19/2

 

[RAP]

Model of gunship version of XV-15.

 

[dan_inbox]

So this machine has to switch to hover mode (lost energy, stting target) before it can launch its Mavericks?

Doesn't look very well thought through.

 

[yasotay]

At the time this airframe was proposed "low and slow, hiding behind trees and ridge line was the prescribed method of survival for aircraft that operate down in the low altitude regime with the Army. Mavericks do seems silly to me when 8 more Hellfire could have done the job better for the mission. Also recall that the PR folks don't always check with the engineers when they do some of these sort of things.

 

[AeroFranz]

Also recall that the PR folks don't always check with the engineers when they do some of these sort of things.

you don't say! ;D
I once got back from vacation and was shown an artist's impression of an (admittedly unconventional-looking) vehicle that had been created while i was gone. It was shown flying BACKWARDS, because none of the engineers had been asked to collaborate with the artist.

 

[Jeb]

So this machine has to switch to hover mode (lost energy, stting target) before it can launch its Mavericks?

Doesn't look very well thought through.

Indeed. But if they'd put on an M197 and lower-fuselage stubs with quad Hellfires (total carriage of eight) and maybe Stingers firing over the top of the Hellfires, then it'd be a much better picture.

 

[_Del_]

There was next to zero under fuselage clearance on the XV-15. I don't think that's an option. Even assuming the gunship already has beefier gear (being heavier when loaded, stricter drop requirements, etc), you're talking about major redesign to get that sort of clearance. Plus the taller gear is heavier, takes up more space, etc, etc

 

[RAP]

Bell tiltrotor ad from 1967.

 

[hesham]

Hi,

here is the D-270,who can collect the pieces ?.

https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/889039.pdf

 

[Arjen]

Images merged with GIMP. Names derived from data block.

 

[hesham]

Many thanks my dear Arjen.

 

[RAP]

Camo XV-15.

 

[RAP]

...

 

[hesham]

From L+K 1/1982.

 

[AN/AWW-14(V)]

 

[AN/AWW-14(V)]

from BAE Systems ad - hypothetical Osprey-like tiltrotor
I like

 

[hesham]

From Krila 2/1989.

 

[hesham]

From Krila 1996.

 

[hesham]

Hi,

Tilt Rotor and Tilt Wing Concepts: Bell-Boeing and Bell-Textron: shown is the Multimission Transport Rescue ARC-1986-AC86-0140-22 - PICRYL - Public Domain Media Search Engine Public Domain Search

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[Sirpad]

Can anyone ID this TR? its probably an early Bell design, although the pusher props confused me. Any ideas?

 

[hesham]

Can anyone ID this TR? its probably an early Bell design, although the pusher props confused me. Any ideas?

Nice find Sirpad,and it was called T37.