Bell is planning to add the second 429 prototype to its flight-test effort next month. The first example of the new light-twin helicopter has already convinced design engineers that they can stay with a four-blade tail rotor.
Center of gravity of an aircraft
January 30, 2007 - 5:24am
“The center of gravity was found to be well forward of the allowable limit,” according to an NTSB update on the accident in which a Challenger 600 overran a runway on takeoff from Teterboro Airport, N.J., on February 2 (see page 58). Initial findings of the investigation have indicated that, as configured, the airplane would have had a c.g.
November 16, 2006 - 4:22am
In a final report adopted Tuesday, the NTSB concluded that the probable cause of the Feb.
