This HFI model is part of the world's largest public display of scale model helicopters.This model aircraft was built by Ned Gilliand and donated to the HFI archives.
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. XV-3 Convertiplane |
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| This HFI model is part of the world's largest public display of scale model helicopters.This model aircraft was built by Ned Gilliand and donated to the HFI archives. |
Aircraft Specifications | |
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| First Flight: 1955 |
Main Rotor: 33 ft. |
| Engine: 1 x 450 shp Pratt & Whitney R-985 |
Max Speed: 180 mph |
| Height: 13 ft., 6 in. |
Length: 30 ft., 3 in. |
| Gross Weight: 4,804 lbs. |
Empty Weight: 3,602 lbs. |
| About the Aircraft: Two prototypes of the XV-3 were built beginning in 1955. The four-seat fuselage had a radial engine to drive the rotors. The landing gear consisted of helicopter-type skids. The convertiplane was developed by Bell with the U.S. Armed Forces. It was the world's first tilt-rotor, fixed wing aircraft to achieve a 100% tilting of its rotors. With the XV-3 the entire wing rotated with the engines. |
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