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Bell 412EP · including rotors
Single source56 ft 1 in (17.09 m) including rotors[source]
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| Specification | Bell 412 | MD Helicopters MD 500 |
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| Type | Multipurpose utility helicopter[source] | Light utility helicopter[source] |
| National origin | United States / Canada[source] | United States[source] |
| Manufacturer | Bell Helicopter[source] | Hughes Helicopters McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems MD Helicopters[source] |
| Primary users | Japan Ground Self Defence Force See Operators for others[source] |
32 ft 7 in (9.93 m)[source]
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]
1 × Allison 250-C30 turboshaft engine, 650 shp (
Single source1 × Allison 250-C30 turboshaft engine, 650 shp (480 kW)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Number built | 1,300+[source] | 4,700[source] |
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| Manufactured | 1979–present[source] | 1967–present[source] |
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| Introduction date | 1981 ( 1981 )[source] | 1967[source] |
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| First flight | August 1979 ( 1979-08 )[source] | 27 February 1963[source] |
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| Developed from | Bell 212[source] | Hughes OH-6 Cayuse[source] |
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| Variant | Bell CH-146 Griffon[source] | — |
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| Capacity | up to 13 passengers, maximum external load of almost 6,614 lb (3,000 kg)[source] | 3 passengers[source] |
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| Fuselage length | 43 ft (13 m)[source] | — |
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| Blade sections | root: Boeing VR-7; tip: Wortmann FX 71-H-080[source] | — |
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| Main rotor area | 1,662 sq ft (154.4 m 2 )[source] | 587.5 sq ft (54.58 m 2 ) * Blade section: - NACA 0012[source] |
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| Power/mass | 0.2663 hp/lb (0.4378 kW/kg)[source] | — |
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| Status | — | In service[source] |
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| Primary user | — | Korean People's Air Force Salvadoran Air Force[source] |
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| Variants | — | McDonnell Douglas MD 500 Defender Boeing AH-6[source] |
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| Developed into | — | MD Helicopters MD 600[source] |
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| Fuel capacity | — | 61.5 US gal (51 imp gal; 233 L) in two 50% self-sealing bladder tanks under rear cabin floor[source] |
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| Hover ceiling IGE | — | 11,800 ft (3,597 m)[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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