The Bell 429: setting a new standard for HEMS operations

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The Bell 429: setting a new standard for HEMS operations

HEMS 2015

Roberto Farnese

Regional Sales Manager - Southern Europe

Massa Cinquale Airport, 15/05/2015


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The most advanced light twin IFR Helicopter

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• The Right Product for Europe

• Designed for Safety

• State of the Art Fully Integrated Glass cockpit

• Largest cabin space in its category

• Lowest operational costs in its category

• High Performance

The most advanced light twin IFR Helicopter


The Right Product For Europe

• Exponential growth of the 429 since its EASA certification

• 50 429s operating in Europe today (2014)

• The 429 is operating in all commercial mission segments within Europe

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Certified for Ditching

Damage Tolerant Blades

Collective Mounted Throttles

Roll-over Bulkheads

30 Minute Dry Run Transmission Dual Hydraulics

Rupture Resistant Fuel Tanks

FADEC with Engine Exceedance Monitoring

Performance and Automatic CG

Calculator

Superior CAT A Performance

Real-time Satellite Weather in the

Cockpit

Single Pilot IFR Certified

Large Doors for Better Egress

Crash Attenuating Seats

Terrain Avoidance Warning Systems

(TAWS)

Designed for Safety


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FAR PART 27 AIRCRAFT WITH SAFETY FEATURES OF A FAR PART 29

Enhanced Cabin Structure-Rollbar Ring Fully adjustable, energy attenuating seats

Rupture Resistant Fuel Cells

Designed for Safety


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ALL NECESSARY EQUIPMENT NEEDED FOR OIL AND GAS PRODUCERS REQUIREMENTS CAN BE INSTALLED ON THE BELL 429

Designed for Safety Oil and Gas (OGP) Requirements

2 pilot crew HF Radio Loud Hailer w/

external Speaker 2 first aid kits

Emergency pop-

out windows

Auto-inflate on

floats

Autopilot or

AGCS 1 or 2 ADF CVR and/or FDR

2 fire

extinguishers Life rafts TCAS

2 transceivers 2 VORs/ILS &

DME EGPWS / TAWS AVAD Sonar Pinger Survival kits

Transponder Instantaneous

VSI HUMS HEELS

Pilot life vests

with ELT Pulse lights

ELT

RAD ALT with

audio/visual

display

Engine

Monitoring

system

Tethered external

rafts ELT or ADELT Outside mirrors

Pax briefing

cards

WX radar w/

color display

Engine/air

frame Vibration

Monitoring

System

Float system Cabin heat

GPS PA system &

Intercom

Upper torso

restraints

Passenger Life

Vests Immersion suits

(may vary by mission) (RED is operator responsibility)


Designed for Safety Certification Basis


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State of the Art Fully Integrated Glass cockpit


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BELL 429 VISIBILITY INCREASES SITUATIONAL AWARENESS

Bell 429 Cockpit Visibility


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Largest cabin space in its category


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Largest cabin space in its category Side loading: 157cm opening


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Largest cabin space in its category Clamshell Doors


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• Open doors are snug to aircraft

– Unobstructed access

– Approached from the side of the aircraft not aft under the tailboom

• Structural flat floors matches litter height

• Straight edge floor deck for smooth loading

• One door may be closed during loading/unloading to minimize weather impact to cabin

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Largest cabin space in its category Clamshell Doors


Basic cabin volume

130 ft3

Aft (Baggage) volume 74 ft3

Plenty of cockpit & cabin volume, including height for ample helmet clearance

Total Cabin Volume

With Copilot Area

232 ft3 6.57 m3

Without Copilot Area

204 ft3 5.78 m3

Best in class

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Largest cabin space in its category Cabin Volume


56.4 square feet (5.24 square meter) total floor area

Floor Extension 3.6 ft2 (.33 m2)

Co-Pilot Area 6.7 ft2 (.62 m2)

Basic Cabin Area 32.7 ft2 (3.04 m2)

Baggage Bay Area 13.4 ft2 (1.24 m2)

79 in / 201 cm

60 in

152 cm

122 in / 310 cm

38 in /

97 cm

62 in (157 cm) to

external surface

50 in

127 cm

Best in class

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Largest cabin space in its category Cabin Area


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• First Helicopter Certified Through The MSG-3 Maintenance Process – Inspections standardized into groups with common inspection hour intervals

– Reduce Scheduled Inspection Repeats

– Only inspect what needs to be inspected- saving time and cost

DUE TO MSG-3, THE BELL 429 ONLY REQUIRES 10 MINUTES OF INSPECTION IN THE FIRST 200 HOURS OF OPERATION.

Lowest operational costs in its category

Inspections standardized to 200, 400 & 800 hrs


• Certification:

– Single or Dual Pilot IFR, Cat A / JAROPS Performance Class 1 at MGW (3,175kg)

– FAR Part 27, Amendment 44, 2008 Safety Requirements

• Speeds

– 155 Knots Vne

– 150 Knots max cruise

• Capacities

– Total Cabin Volume (Contiguous) = 204 ft3

– Cabin Floor Space = 32.7 ft2

– Standard Fuel = 217 U.S. Gal

– Auxiliary Fuel (Optional) = 39 U.S. Gal

• Powerplant

– (2) Pratt & Whitney Canada PW207D1

• Ceiling Altitudes

– Service Ceiling (pressure Alt) 20,000 ft

– HIGE (MGW,ISA) 14,132 ft

– HOGE (MGW,ISA) 11,282 ft

• Transmission Rating

– 1,100 shp / 820 kW

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Cat. A - Class 1 at Maximum Gross Weight

High Performance

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ISA+20

Providing 150 KTAS for when speed matters (SL, ISA)

High Performance Speed


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• Fully coupled WAAS capability on our 429 enables more lifesaving & revenue producing flights . . .

• . . . Flights that would have otherwise been cancelled due to bad weather.

• Operators could recapture 20 to 50 percent of cancelled flights

BELL 429 SBAS/WAAS CAPABILITY PROVIDES SAFE OPERATIONS IN A WIDER RANGE OF ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS

Steep Approach

Vmini

Bell 429 9o 45 Kias

Airbus Helicopters 4.3o 70 Kias

Agusta 4.3o 90 Kias

High Performance Bell 429 Fully Coupled SBAS/WAAS


Customer Support and Service Providing 24/7/365 Global Customer Support

• Largest support network

– 120+ approved facilities in 32+ countries

• Service Offerings – Maintenance Repair

and Overhaul

– Component Repair and Overhaul

– Pilot and Maintenance Training

– Engine Overhaul

– Blade Repair

– Depot-level Maintenance

• Industry standard for support

#1 in Customer Support 20 years in a row – Professional Pilot

– Composite Panels

– Customizing

– Electronic Maintenance Tracking

– Avionics

– Warranty

– Spare Parts

– Field Reps

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Reference: Pro Pilot Magazine, February 2014


• Bell Helicopter Prague is a fully functional maintenance, inspection and delivery center capable of servicing all Bell Helicopter aircraft

• Throughout Europe we have 11 CSF’s with a wide range of capabilities

• Rotor Blade Repair Facility in the UK. 250 Blades per year volume

• 40th Anniversary of Bell Helicopter Amsterdam

Customer Support and Service


• Full Motion 429 Simulator by 2016 in Valencia, Spain

• Targeted multi language capability of English, French, German and Russian

• At least 2-3 training instructors from the start with more to follow as volumes increase

In Region Training - Europe

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