Bell V-280 Revs Rotors In First Ground Test

Bell V-280 Revs Rotors In First Ground Test
Bell V-280 Revs Rotors In First Ground Test

Bell’s V-280 tiltrotor didn’t take flight – not yet – but it has tilted its rotors into helicopter mode and spun them up during its first-ever “restrained ground run test.” This test mode plugs the whole aircraft into a bulky apparatus to ensure it doesn’t take off by accident. (That would be bad). The test…