Post by BuckSkin on Mar 26, 2022 13:54:02 GMT
Don Franklin Auto Sales Helicopter N17DF
I see this chopper go over several times each day; it has a
very loud, distinctive sound that carries for miles; I can be in the house and hear it coming five minutes before it gets here; and, I can recognize it from all the many others that pass over in a days time.
From what I read, this machine can be completely controlled from the ground with no human actually in cockpit.
N17DF
2020 Bell Textron Model 407GXi
Serial: 54922
Manufactured: 2020
Engine: ROLLS-ROYCE 250-C47B 650-HP Turbo-Shaft
Seats: 7
Length: 41 ft 8 in
Height: 11 ft 8 in
Main rotor diameter: 35 ft 0 in
Main rotor area: 962 sq ft
Maximum speed: 140 knots (160 mph)
Cruise speed: 133 knots (153 mph)
Range: 324 nautical miles (373 miles)
Service ceiling: 18,690 ft
Max takeoff weight: 6,000 lb
Maximum Weight: 12,499 lbs (This puzzles me; I am thinking that maybe, once it is in the air, it could hoist another 6,499 lbs, as in Helicopter Logging)
Registered to: DF Aviation - Somerset KY
650 S HIGHWAY 27 STE 5 PMB 312
Owned by: Don Franklin Auto - Columbia KY
Previous N17DF 2006 Bell 407 SN53700 was traded to Bell Textron
for this craft in January-2021
I am going to leave it to Helen to get a shot from above; all I ever get to see is the belly.
Tuesday_08-February-2022
11:48:35:CST - 11:48:35:AM:CST
I see this chopper go over several times each day; it has a
very loud, distinctive sound that carries for miles; I can be in the house and hear it coming five minutes before it gets here; and, I can recognize it from all the many others that pass over in a days time.
From what I read, this machine can be completely controlled from the ground with no human actually in cockpit.
N17DF
2020 Bell Textron Model 407GXi
Serial: 54922
Manufactured: 2020
Engine: ROLLS-ROYCE 250-C47B 650-HP Turbo-Shaft
Seats: 7
Length: 41 ft 8 in
Height: 11 ft 8 in
Main rotor diameter: 35 ft 0 in
Main rotor area: 962 sq ft
Maximum speed: 140 knots (160 mph)
Cruise speed: 133 knots (153 mph)
Range: 324 nautical miles (373 miles)
Service ceiling: 18,690 ft
Max takeoff weight: 6,000 lb
Maximum Weight: 12,499 lbs (This puzzles me; I am thinking that maybe, once it is in the air, it could hoist another 6,499 lbs, as in Helicopter Logging)
Registered to: DF Aviation - Somerset KY
650 S HIGHWAY 27 STE 5 PMB 312
Owned by: Don Franklin Auto - Columbia KY
Previous N17DF 2006 Bell 407 SN53700 was traded to Bell Textron
for this craft in January-2021
I am going to leave it to Helen to get a shot from above; all I ever get to see is the belly.
Tuesday_08-February-2022
11:48:35:CST - 11:48:35:AM:CST
