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Measured figures
Bell 412EP · 1 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6T-3D Twin-Pac or PT6T-3DF Twin-Pac coupled turboshaft engine - each, 1,250 shp (
Single source1 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6T-3D Twin-Pac or PT6T-3DF Twin-Pac coupled turboshaft engine - each, 1,250 shp (930 kW)[source]
EC120 B · 1 × Turbomeca TM 319 Arrius 2F turboshaft for take-off
Single source1 × Turbomeca TM 319 Arrius 2F turboshaft , 376 kW (504 hp) for take-off[source]
EC120 B · Endurance
Single source4 hours 32 minutes[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Configuration
| Specification | Bell 412 | Eurocopter EC120 Colibri |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Multipurpose utility helicopter[source] | Light utility helicopter[source] |
| National origin | United States / Canada[source] | Multinational[source] |
| Manufacturer | Bell Helicopter[source] | Eurocopter Airbus Helicopters Harbin Aircraft Industry Group[source] |
| Primary users | Japan Ground Self Defence Force See Operators for others[source] | — |
| Number built | 1,300+[source] | ~700 (2015)[source] |
| Manufactured | 1979–present[source] | 1995–2017[source] |
| Introduction date | 1981 ( 1981 )[source] | 1998[source] |
| First flight | August 1979 ( 1979-08 )[source] | 9 June 1995[source] |
| Developed from | Bell 212[source] | — |
| Variant | Bell CH-146 Griffon[source] | — |
| Capacity | up to 13 passengers, maximum external load of almost 6,614 lb (3,000 kg)[source] | 4 pax / 755 kg (1,664 lb) useful load (700 kg (1,543 lb) max slung load)[source] |
| Fuselage length | 43 ft (13 m)[source] | — |
| Blade sections | root: Boeing VR-7; tip: Wortmann FX 71-H-080[source] | — |
| Main rotor area | 1,662 sq ft (154.4 m 2 )[source] | 78.54 m 2 (845.4 sq ft)[source] |
| Power/mass | 0.2663 hp/lb (0.4378 kW/kg)[source] | 0.19 kW/kg (0.12 hp/lb) internal load[source] |
| Designer | — | Eurocopter CATIC Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation ST Aerospace[source] |
| Status | — | Out of production[source] |
| Fuel capacity | — | 416 L (110 US gal; 92 imp gal) in two tanks[source] |
| Never exceed speed | — | 278 km/h (173 mph, 150 kn)[source] |
| Hover ceiling IGE | — | 2,820 m (9,252 ft)[source] |
| Hover ceiling OGE | — | 2,320 m (7,612 ft)[source] |
| Disk loading | — | 21.8 kg/m 2 (4.5 lb/sq ft) internal load[source] |