How to ensure that you buy one of the best helicopter

The Bell Light Twin Helicopter production and marketing started in February 2005 after an agreement between the Mitsui Bussan and Korea Aerospace Industries. The Bell 429 has a range of advanced technologies that was developed under the modular affordable product line program (MAPL). It includes an aircraft data interface unit (ADIU), advanced main rotor blades, hydraulics as well as an autopilot.

It was the helicopter that advanced the use of the MAPL technology by around three years from its initial target date. The first two mock-up models were displayed at Anaheim in February 2005 at the Heli-Expo air show while the first flight took place two years later in February 2007. But within a year, by February 2008, three 429s had flown over 600 flight test hours and they were awarded certification in July 2009.

By this time, orders had been placed for over 300 helicopters for air medical services. They were liked for the wide and unobstructed cabin volume of 200 cubic feet that allowed them to be used for a wide variety of applications including seating of up to seven passengers. They also were useful to the services due to a single pilot instrument flight rule, optional night vision goggle configuration integrated sliding doors.

In addition to the sliding doors, they could also be configured with clamshell doors to allow ease of access and single-person operation. The optional clamshell doors were extensively used by the medical services. They were used by the emergency medical services to carry two patients as well as two medical attendants.

The Bell Light Twin Helicopter is similar in structure to the Bell 427 with an advanced tail rotor drive shaft and a composite tail boom. And to reduce noise levels, both the main and tail rotor blades are designed with swept tips and lower tip speed. Safety features in the Bell 429 include a reinforced cabin that can even withstand a rollover. The wide and flat floor makes it easily adaptable as a medical transport, offshore operation, utility passenger vehicle as well as for many other missions.