Tail Fan, UCAR Driving Bell R&D

Credit: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON
Bell Helicopter Textron will conduct advanced flight tests of its new tail fan system next year and is developing a propulsive anti-torque system that in the future could replace tail rotors and fans altogether. Dan McIlroy, vice president of XworX, said the experimental tail fan being tested on a...

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