Bell 505 question?

[chris pochari]

Duffy runs Central Helicopters. Sorry to hear he was in a crash. I have not even met the crew there due to observation of conflict of interest between the two companies. Hope he is ok.

 

Duffy runs mostly KMAX helis and I think a 212?

Those lancair 4P's are constantly crashing. They're pretty cool tho!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancair_Propjet

They apparently have the worst accident rate among kit airplanes, I heard about 12% of all the lancair 4's have crashed!

He runs a KMAX, B214, astar and a 206. So you guys don't talk to the competition?

[Guest pokey]

. So you guys don't talk to the competition?

 

i have never found the competition to be all that friendly.

[WolftalonID]

I am just staying under the radar...wasnt my flight sorta thing...lol

[helonorth]

When was FAA certification completed?

 

Today.

 

https://www.verticalmag.com/news/bell-505-jet-ranger-x-certified-faa/?utm_%3Cwbr/%3Esource=vertical-daily-news-top-story&utm_campaign=vertical-daily-news&utm%3Cwbr/%3E_medium=email&utm_term=top-story&utm_content=V1

[WolftalonID]

Well technically it was done months ago, and they officially signed it yesterday. Good ol FAA in rabbit speed mode. Lol

[chris pochari]

Well technically it was done months ago, and they officially signed it yesterday. Good ol FAA in rabbit speed mode. Lol

So I guess that little tube on the top of the rotor was used during testing and it's going to be removed?. I have never seen anything like that on other choppers

[Kris1]

I have never posted a pic of me with our 429 like this...haha...

 

 

Hi WolftalonID, from the pic, this one looks to be the skid version but you may be able to help. I am looking for the manual supplement for the wheel version of the 429(WLG). I already have the manual, just looking for the few extra pages for the wheels...

 

Or anybody?

 

Thanks.

 

Kris

[WolftalonID]

Yeah the fun part with Bell is they wont send you a FM without being a customer. I have no idea why. It would be nice to just have them online in PDF format to download when ever needed.

[Kris1]

You can only get the manuals for the model the company has. I have the FM for the 429 but Bell won't give you access to the supplements that do not match your model. WolftalonID: thanks anyway.

 

If anybody has the few pages of the wheels supplement for the 429WLG (I think that it is numbered BHT-429-FMS-10), I would appreciate.

 

Cheers.

 

Kris