Florida-Based Bell 206 JetRanger agricultural project

[hesham]

Hi,

the Florida-Based Load Ranger planned to develope a stripped-down
derivative of the Bell 206 JetRanger as agricultural helicopter.
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1998/1998%20-%201056.html?search=iptn%20n%20250%20aircraft

 

[walter]

A prototype was actually completed (N200LR) and this first flew in April 1997. Further development was halted and the aircraft was sadly lost in a fatal crash in June 2005.

 

[Apophenia]

http://airwiki.org/enc/uh/lr2000.html

Includes up to 6 passengers for the Load Ranger 2000. Seems improbable given the fuselage hopper size :

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=102051

"The military version was to have been armed with two pylons (Stub wings?) each having two weapon suspension points."

 

[Jemiba]

"Seems improbable .."

Why ? ;D

(From IAPR vol.4)

 

[Apophenia]

Bench seats for those stub wings?

 

[frank]

Additionally, Jet Rangers are hard pressed to get airborne with 5 people onboard!

http://airwiki.org/enc/uh/lr2000.html

Includes up to 6 passengers for the Load Ranger 2000. Seems improbable given the fuselage hopper size :

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=102051

"The military version was to have been armed with two pylons (Stub wings?) each having two weapon suspension points."

 

[NoBarrelRolls]

Found some cool photos of the N200LR in the Airwar site: http://www.airwar.ru/enc/uh/lr2000.html.

Photo credits: Paul Kanagie






And here is the NTSB report about the accident were the creator of this aircraft, Tom Navickas, and his nephew perished.

https://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/R...ID=20050628X00887&AKey=1&RType=Final&IType=LA

 

[robunos]

Found some cool photos of the N200LR in the Airwar site: http://www.airwar.ru/enc/uh/lr2000.html.

Photo credits: Paul Kanagie

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And here is the NTSB report about the accident were the creator of this aircraft, Tom Navickas, and his nephew perished.

https://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/R...ID=20050628X00887&AKey=1&RType=Final&IType=LA

BlueWolf? Air Thunder?

cheers,
Robin.

 

[riggerrob]

Iran and Chile (?) built similar-looking light attack helicopters based on Bell Jet Ranger dynamic components, but neither seems to have been manufactured in significant numbers.
In Chile, Cardoen Cb 206L-III, first flight 1989. 2 were converted.
In Iran at least one HESA Shahad 278 prototype was built.