Honeywell Announces HTS900 Engine Upgrade for Bell 407 Operators
February 21 2010 - 11:58AM
PR Newswire (US)
New Upgrade Delivers 40 Percent More Payload at Altitude HOUSTON,
Feb. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- HELI-EXPO® -- Honeywell (NYSE:
HON) announced today that it has teamed with Eagle Copters of
Calgary, Alberta, to offer an HTS900 engine upgrade for the Bell
407 helicopter, called the Eagle 407 HP. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080425/LAF040LOGO ) "Eagle
407 HP operators are going to see a big difference, especially
flying cargo high or hot, because of a 26 percent increase in shaft
horsepower," said Carl Esposito, vice president, Marketing &
Product Management, Honeywell Aerospace. "The HTS900 fills the Bell
transmission with power up to 14,500 feet." The new Eagle 407 HP,
using design and engineering licensed from Bell Helicopter, will
provide operators up to a 40 percent increase in
Hover-Out-of-Ground-Effect (HOGE) performance at International
Standard Atmosphere (ISA) +20 degrees Celsius conditions, while
delivering a 10 percent reduction in fuel consumption. The
increased altitude payload allows for full onboard mission
equipment and fuel capacity, allowing mission completion without
repeat flights. "The Eagle 407 HP transforms the Bell 407 into a
real high-hot performer," said Mike O'Reilly, president of Eagle
Copters. "Using Bell Helicopter design and engineering adds an
enormous credibility to the design." The Honeywell HTS900 engine is
a new type of engine design that provides superior performance in
high, hot conditions, fuel efficiency and operating costs. New
technologies include a dual centrifugal compressor, cooled
single-crystal turbine blades, effusion cooled combustor liner, and
a dual-channel Full Authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC). "The
HTS900 engine delivers more than 1,000 Shaft Horsepower (SHP) and
the lowest fuel consumption and highest power-to-weight ratio of
any engine in its class," said Esposito. "The HTS900 upgrade
delivers 10 percent lower fuel burn and on-condition maintenance
with no hard time overhaul limits, achieving a 10 percent lower
operating cost." Honeywell offers a full range of helicopter
equipment, from aircraft engines, auxiliary power units and other
mechanical systems to the Zing(TM) Health Usage Monitoring Systems
(HUMS). Honeywell's safety systems for helicopters address the
challenges of traffic, terrain and weather. Honeywell International
is a Fortune 100 diversified technology and manufacturing leader,
serving customers worldwide with aerospace products and services;
control technologies for buildings, homes and industry; automotive
products; turbochargers; and specialty materials. Based in Morris
Township, N.J., Honeywell's shares are traded on the New York,
London, and Chicago Stock Exchanges. More Honeywell news...
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Sinclair of Honeywell, +1-602-365-2324, or Web Site:
http://www.honeywell.com/
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