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Measured figures
Bell 429 · 2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PW207D1 (or PW207D2 with fuel heater installed) turboshaft , 625 shp ( ) each maximum continuous
Single source2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PW207D1 (or PW207D2 with fuel heater installed) turboshaft , 625 shp (466 kW) each maximum continuous[source]
F28F · 1 × Lycoming HIO-360-F1AD four-cylinder, direct-drive, horizontally opposed, air-cooled, piston aircraft engine
Single source1 × Lycoming HIO-360-F1AD four-cylinder, direct-drive, horizontally opposed, air-cooled, piston aircraft engine, 225 hp (168 kW)[source]
F28F · Endurance
Single source3 hr 30 min[source]
F28F · 1,450 ft/min (
Single source1,450 ft/min (7.4 m/s)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Configuration
| Specification | Bell 429 GlobalRanger | Enstrom F-28 |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Multipurpose utility helicopter[source] | Light helicopter[source] |
| National origin | United States/Canada/South Korea[source] | — |
| Manufacturer | Bell Helicopter[source] | Enstrom Helicopter Corporation[source] |
| Status | In service[source] | — |
| Primary users | Canadian Coast Guard Royal Australian Navy (historical) Swedish Police Delaware State Police[source] | — |
| Number built | 500 (July 2024)[source] | — |
| Manufactured | 2007–present[source] | 1965-present[source] |
| Introduction date | 2009[source] | 1965[source] |
| First flight | February 27, 2007[source] | — |
| Developed from | Bell 427[source] | — |
| Capacity | 7 passengers (six in passenger compartment; one beside pilot) / 2,755 lb (1,250 kg) payload[source] | two passengers[source] |
| Cabin volume | 204 ft 3 (5.78 m 3 )[source] | — |
| Fuel capacity | 215 US gal (179 imp gal; 814 L) usable with 40 US gal (33 imp gal; 151 L) auxiliary fuel[source] | — |
| Main rotor area | 1,018 sq ft (94.6 m 2 )[source] | 804 sq ft (74.7 m 2 ) NACA 0013.5[source] |
| Blade section | - Narramore[source] | — |
| Never exceed speed | 155 kn (178 mph, 287 km/h)[source] | — |
| Hover ceiling IGE | 14,130 ft (4,307 m)[source] | — |
| Hover ceiling OGE | 11,280 ft (3,438 m)[source] | — |
| Variants | — | Enstrom TH180 Spitfire Mark I[source] |
| Developed into | — | Enstrom 480[source] |
| Country of origin | — | Vereinigte Staaten[source]Country of design · Entwurfsland |