Rotorcraft
Innovative Bell Shows Radical Rotorcraft
Bell's new FCX-001 concept helicopter offers a glimpse into future rotorcraft technologies.
Bell Helicopter president and CEO Mitch Snyder unveils a mockup of the company's FCX-001 concept helicopter on the opening day of Heli-Expo 2017. The FCX-001 will be used to test future rotorcraft technologies and methods of implementing them. (Photo: Mariano Rosales/AIN)
Bell Helicopter president and CEO Mitch Snyder unveils a mockup of the company's FCX-001 concept helicopter on the opening day of Heli-Expo 2017. The FCX-001 will be used to test future rotorcraft technologies and methods of implementing them. (Photo: Mariano Rosales/AIN)

Bell Helicopter’s FCX-001 concept helicopter is just one of the futuristic ideas that members of Bell’s innovation teams have developed. While not intended as a production helicopter, the FCX-001 is a way of examining future rotorcraft technologies and potential ways to put those into action in future helicopter programs. Nevertheless, the concept that the teams came up with is a fascinating glimpse into the future, and a mockup of that rotorcraft, built by Roush Enterprises, is here at the Bell exhibit (Booth 11249). 

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