'Sports-car' Performance Promised for Bell V-280
The third-generation tiltrotor takes lessons learned from the V-22 as it prepares for first flight in 2017.
Designed to carry 11 fully outfitted troops, the developmental Bell V-280 tiltrotor is expected to fly up to 800 nm at 280 knots. Unlike the current V-22 Osprey, only gearboxes and prop-rotors rotate upward for helicopter mode. First flight is scheduled for 2017.
Designed to carry 11 fully outfitted troops, the developmental Bell V-280 tiltrotor is expected to fly up to 800 nm at 280 knots. Unlike the current V-22 Osprey, only gearboxes and prop-rotors rotate upward for helicopter mode. First flight is scheduled for 2017.