Bell 429 GlobalRanger
Vertical rate at touchdown
Up to 100fpm
Full marks for the vertical rate at touchdown up to 100 fpm, on the rotorcraft curve; no note for a soft touchdown.
- G-force
- 1.20Gfull marks, the general curve
Not part of this aircraft's grade: an approach-speed target, a tail-strike check and a touchdown-zone window.
Light twin-engine helicopter from Bell with two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW207D turboshafts, certified in Canada in 2009 and widely used for air ambulance, police and corporate transport.
Roundout scores this aircraft with the Rotorcraft (Helicopter) category's curves. The figures it uses are below.
How its touchdown is scored.
The score at each point of its curves. Between the points, scores fall in a straight line; the full method is in the scoring methodology.
No shared landings or board for this aircraft yet. Its figures appear once pilots with a public profile have shared 5 graded landings in it, and a board once at least 5 opted-in pilots have flown it 10 or more times each. See the boards there are.
For reference.
Aircraft data
- Manufacturer
- Bell
- Model
- 429
- Variant
- 429 GlobalRanger
- FAA approach category
- A
- MTOW
- 3,175 kg (7,000 lbs)
- Vref in flight
- Not used
- MSFS source
- Freeware (jXt Simulations)
- Category
- Rotorcraft (Helicopter)
Roundout recognizes it in a title that contains
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