Bell 427

what is it?

The Bell 427 is a twin-engine, multirole, light utility helicopter designed and manufactured by Bell Helicopter and Samsung Aerospace Industries (now Korea Aerospace Industries). It has been replaced in production by the larger Bell 429.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 turboshaft engines · 11.3 m main rotor

base stats

• speed 259 km/htop speed
• range 730 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 7passengers
• size 2,971 kgmax take-off weight

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 29 years ago, in 1997.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.0× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Rotor of 11.3 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

turboshaft: A turbine that turns a shaft, usually a helicopter rotor.

spec sheet

first flight

1997-12-11

introduced

2000

status

still flying

number built

—

role

multipurpose utility helicopter

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Bell Textron

engines

2× Pratt & Whitney Canada PW207D

crew

2

passengers

7

length

11.4 m

rotor diameter

11.3 m

height

3.2 m

max take-off weight

2,971 kg

top speed

259 km/h

cruise speed

256 km/h

range

730 km

ceiling

3,048 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.