Bell Model 47 PDF eBook & Flight Manuals

47

Pre-production version, powered by a 178 hp (133 kW) Franklin piston engine. Ten pre-production examples built, which varied in appearance.

47A

Improved version of the Bell 47, powered by a 175 hp (130 kW) Franklin O-335-1 piston engine.

47B

Equivalent to the military YR-13/HTL-1, powered by the 175 hp (130 kW) Franklin O-335-1.

 

47B-3

Agricultural/utility version with open crew positions. Also, offered in a version to the US Postal Service as the Bell Airmailer . 

47C

47D

First to appear with a molded “soap bubble” canopy.

 

47D-1

Introduced in 1949, it had an open tubework tail boom reminiscent of the Bell Model 30 and three seats.

47E

Powered by a 200 hp (150 kW) Franklin 6V4-200-C32 engine.

47F

47G

Combines a 200 hp (149 kW) Franklin engine with the three-seat configuration of the 47D-1 and introduced the twin saddle-bag fuel tank configuration.

 

47G-2

Powered by the Lycoming VO-435 engine. Produced under license by Westland Aircraft as the Sioux for the UK military.

47G-2A

Powered by a 240 hp (179 kW) VO-435.

47G-2A-1

Wider cabin, improved rotor blades and increased fuel capacity.

47G-3

Powered by a supercharged 225 hp (168 kW) Franklin 6VS-335-A.

47G-3B

Powered by a turbocharged 280 hp (209 kW) Lycoming TVO-435.

47G-4

Three-seat helicopter powered by an Avco Lycoming VO-540 engine.

47G-5

A three-seat utility version. A two-seat agricultural version was later known as the Ag-5. The 47G-5 remained in production even after H & J production had ended. 

Bell 47H-1

A three-seat version with an enclosed cabin and fuselage. 

47J Ranger

A four-seat version powered by a VO-435 engine. 

47K

Military two-seat training variant of the 47J.

See H-13 Sioux

Agusta A.115 1971 Italian prototype of a Bell 47J with an unclad, tubular tail boom, and powered by a Turbomeca Astazou II turboshaft engine Meridionali/Agusta EMA 124 Italian prototype with redesigned forward fuselage. Not produced.

Kawasaki KH-4 Japanese production version with redesigned, lengthened cabin, and redesigned control system

Carson Super C-4 El Tomcat Mk.II Bell 47G-2 modified extensively for agricultural spraying by Continental Copters Inc. First flew in April 1959, followed by further improved versions.

Canada

• CF-ODM – Bell 47D-1 on static display at the Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. 
• Unknown ID – Bell 47G on static display at the Alberta Aviation Museum in Edmonton, Alberta. It was assembled from parts and represents a Bell 47D. 
• CF-NHH – Bell 47G on static display at The Hangar Flight Museum in Calgary, Alberta. It was built by college students from parts and has never flown. 
• CF-GWD – Bell 47D-1 on display at the Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau, Quebec. 
• CF-FZX – Bell 47G-4 on display at the British Columbia Aviation Museum. 
• C-FIVE – Bell 47J-2 on display at the Canadian Museum of Flight, Langley, British Columbia. 

Chile

• H-03 (Chilean Air Force) – Bell 47D-1 on static display at the Museo Nacional Aeronáutico y del Espacio in Santiago. 

France

• 710 (French Air Force) – Bell 47G on static display at the Musée de l’air et de l’espace in Le Bourget, ÃŽle-de-France. 

Germany

• AS+058 (German Army) – Agusta-Bell 47G-2 on static display at the Deutsches Museum in Munich, Bavaria. 

Japan

• JA7008 – Kawasaki-Bell 47D-1 (one of first two aircraft of All Nippon Airways) on static display at ANA Safety Education Center, nearby Haneda Airport. It was once displayed at Transportation Museum of Japan [ja] until its closure in 2006. 

Malta

• AS7201 – Bell 47G-2 on static display at the Malta Aviation Museum in Ta’Qali. It was the first aircraft of the Armed Forces of Malta and was donated to the museum on 31 May 2008. 

New Zealand

• NZ3705 – Bell 47G-3B-1 on static display at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand in Wigram, Canterbury. 

Norway

• LN-ORW – Bell 47D-1 on static display at the Norwegian Aviation Museum in Bodø, Nordland.^[41]

Spain

• HE.7B-31 – AB-47G-3B1 on static display at the Museo Aeronáutico de Málaga in Málaga, Andalusia. 

Sweden

• Unknown ID – Bell 47G on static display at the ABBA: The Museum in Stockholm. It had previously been featured on the cover for ABBA’s 1976 album Arrival. 

Switzerland

• HB-XAE – Bell 47G-2 on static display at the Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne. 

United Kingdom

• G-AZYB (painted in former SABENA markings as OO-SHW) – Bell 47H on static display at the Helicopter Museum in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. It supported a scientific expedition in Antarctica. 

United States

• N5H – Bell 47B on static display at the American Helicopter Museum & Education Center in West Chester, Pennsylvania. 
• N3H – Bell 47 on static display at the Niagara Aerospace Museum in Niagara Falls, New York. 
• N116B – Bell 47B on static display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center of the National Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, Virginia. 
• N39KH – Bell 47D on static display at the Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos, California. 
• LV-AEE – Bell 47B-3 on static display at the Classic Rotors Museum in Ramona, California. 
• LV-AEF – Bell 47B-3 on static display at the Niagara Aerospace Museum in Niagara Falls, New York. 
• 82 – Bell 47D1 on static display at the Tellus Science Museum in Cartersville, Georgia. 
• N996B – Bell 47H-1 on static display at the Niagara Aerospace Museum in Niagara Falls, New York. 
• N8010E – Bell 47H on static display at the American Helicopter Museum & Education Center in West Chester, Pennsylvania. 
• Unknown ID – On static display at the American Helicopter Museum & Education Center in West Chester, Pennsylvania. It is a Bell 47D-1 that has converted to an H-13 and painted in “M*A*S*H”configuration. 
• Unknown ID – Bell 47D-1 on static display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, New York. 
• Unknown ID – Bell 47 on static display at the Lawrence D. Bell Aircraft Museum in Mentone, Indiana. 
• Unknown ID – Bell 47 on static, climbable display at the Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium in Omaha, Nebraska. 

General Characteristics

• Crew: 1 or 2
• Capacity: 1 passenger or 2 litters (1,057 lb (479 kg) payload)
• Length: 31 ft 7 in (9.63 m)
• Height: 9 ft 3 in (2.82 m)
• Empty weight: 1,893 lb (859 kg)
• Max takeoff weight: 2,950 lb (1,338 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming TVO-435-F1A six-cylinder vertically mounted horizontally-opposed air-cooled piston engine, 280 hp (210 kW)
• Main rotor diameter: 37 ft 2 in (11.33 m)
• Main rotor area: 1,085 sq ft (100.8 m²)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 91 kn (105 mph, 169 km/h)
• Cruise speed: 73 kn (84 mph, 135 km/h)
• Range: 214 nmi (246 mi, 396 km)
• Rate of climb: 860 ft/min (4.4 m/s)