Bell Studies Rotorcraft Hybrid

Credit: BELL HELICOPTER CONCEPT
Bell Helicopter is studying a cross between a tiltrotor and tiltwing aircraft as a candidate for eventual replacement of its AH-1Z attack and UH-1Y utility helicopters. The Hybrid Tandem Rotor (HTR) concept would not result in as fast a rotorcraft as a tiltrotor, at around 210 kt., but could have...

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