List of Rotorcraft models
Bell 429 GlobalRanger
The Bell 429 “GlobalRanger” (ICAO model code B429) is a twin-engine rotorcraft, originally designed by Bell Helicopter and Korea Aerospace Industries. The model was planned to be a stretch variant of Bell 427, but at the end, the airframe used for Bell 429 was based on a new concept.
Technical specifications
• Crew: 1
• Capacity: 7 PAX / 1,250 kg (2,755 lb) payload
• Length: 12.70 m (41 ft 8 in)
• Height: 4.04 m (13 ft 3 in)
• Cabin volume: 5.78 m3 (204 cu ft)
• Empty weight: 1,925 kg (4,245 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 3,175 kg (7,000 lb)
• Fuel capacity: 814 L (179 imp gal; 215 US gal) usable with 151 L (33 imp gal; 40 US gal) auxiliary fuel
• Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PW207D1 (or PW207D2 with fuel heater installed) turboshaft, 625 shp (466 kW) each maximum continuous 730 shp (544 kW) for take-off
• Main rotor diameter: 11 m (36 ft)
• Main rotor area: 94.6 m2 (1,018 sq ft)
• Blade section: - Narramore
• Cruise speed: 280 km/h (170 mph, 150 kn)
• Never exceed speed: 287 km/h (178 mph, 155 kn)
• Range: 720 km (450 mi, 390 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 6,100 m (20,000 ft)
• Hover ceiling IGE: 4,307 m (14,130 ft)
• Hover ceiling OGE: 3,438 m (11,280 ft)
• Capacity: 7 PAX / 1,250 kg (2,755 lb) payload
• Length: 12.70 m (41 ft 8 in)
• Height: 4.04 m (13 ft 3 in)
• Cabin volume: 5.78 m3 (204 cu ft)
• Empty weight: 1,925 kg (4,245 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 3,175 kg (7,000 lb)
• Fuel capacity: 814 L (179 imp gal; 215 US gal) usable with 151 L (33 imp gal; 40 US gal) auxiliary fuel
• Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PW207D1 (or PW207D2 with fuel heater installed) turboshaft, 625 shp (466 kW) each maximum continuous 730 shp (544 kW) for take-off
• Main rotor diameter: 11 m (36 ft)
• Main rotor area: 94.6 m2 (1,018 sq ft)
• Blade section: - Narramore
• Cruise speed: 280 km/h (170 mph, 150 kn)
• Never exceed speed: 287 km/h (178 mph, 155 kn)
• Range: 720 km (450 mi, 390 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 6,100 m (20,000 ft)
• Hover ceiling IGE: 4,307 m (14,130 ft)
• Hover ceiling OGE: 3,438 m (11,280 ft)
The intended market for Bell 429 was the emergency medical service. However, despite of all efforts to accommodate features needed for such use, Bell 429 “GlobalRanger” had limited acceptance as an ambulance helicopter. In its first decade after the introduction in 2009, the model was used primarily for law enforcement operations in police departments and coast guard units.