Scale kits:  Bell 230

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 The Model 230 is a 9-seater multi-purpose heli-copter made by the Bell Helicopter company TEXTRON,
and was developed to be the successor to the renowned Type 222. Powered by two Allison 250 C-30
G/2 turbines, each rated at 700 BHP take-off power, this helicopter can attain a maximum service altitude
of 4500 m at a maximum take-off weight of 3.8 tons, and is capable of 228 km/hr top cruise speed. Our
version is a semi-scale model drawn to a scale of 1:8.1 and can, like the full-size, be built in either of two
variants: with fixed skid landing gear or with a retractable tricycle undercarriage. The seamless white pigmented
GRP fuselage features machine-cut windows and other openings and the front upper opening is large enough
to accept the UNI-EXPERT MECHANICS or UNI MECHANICS 2000 mechanical system completely
assembled (including tuned pipe silencer); the assembly is attached to the fuselage floor by means of four
screws and braced at the top at two further attachment points. The standard tail rotor drive system is based
on a 2 mm Ø piano wire shaft. The tail rotor linkage consists of a cantilever CFRP pushrod. The mechanically
operated retractable undercarriage is available under Order No. 4459.4. A standard (low-cost) servo is used
to operate each undercarriage leg; a system which keeps set-up and adjustment simple. The top fuselage fairing,
the fuselage tail section and the main fuselage are all supplied as GRP mouldings with a high-quality gloss white
surface, and this means that you can obtain an attractive finish just by painting on the contrast colours and
applying the decal set. The motor is started from above using the hexagon starter adaptor with freewheel,
Order No. 1621.

Kit contents
Building instructions in German, English and French. Lightweight multi-part fuselage in epoxy resin / glass fibre
technology with high-gloss white pigmented surface, most openings pre-cut, wooden parts, pre-cut clear
smoked-tint glazing panels and dummy exhausts, tail rotor shaft and bearings, CFRP tail rotor pushrod,
balsa horizontal and vertical stabilisers, small parts.

Specification
Fuselage length (excl. rotor) approx. 1600 mm
Fuselage width (excl. rotor) approx. 300 mm
Overall height approx. 440 mm
Scale 1:8.1
All-up weight min. approx. 4900 g

UNI-MECHANICS 2000, No. 4448. LN
UNI-EXPERT-MECHANICS  N0.4450
UNI-ELEKTRO SYSTEM No. 4457
 
 

Grp tail cap /carbon tail pushrod standard  /grp tail fins optional.
PRE-CUT body/ pre drilled for mechs.

Replacment Parts:  4459.1 GRP fuselage
.2 top fuselage fairing and tail section
.3 set of wooden parts excl. channeled rail
.9 glazing set incl. dummy exhaust
4618.54 Channeled rail

Accessories:
4459.4 retractable undercarriage
4616.2 skid landing gear
459.99 decal sheet  (Optional)
4448.103 hexagon starter cone
1174  scale accessories  (Optional)
4451.100  rigid tail rotor drive conversion set  (Optional)
4459.101 grp stabilizer panels (Optional)
2240 silencer/tuned pipe
2239.a stainless steel exhaust manifold

Price sheet