Helicopters

Bell reveals 429 demonstrator with four electric tail rotors

By 2020-02-21T22:35:00

Bell 429 EDAT - 4

Source: Bell

The Electrically Distributed Anti-Torque (EDAT) tail rotors first flew on the light, twin-engined 429 helicopter in May 2019. The aircraft is being tested at the company’s Mirabel, Canada facility and has about 25h of flight time.

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