Bell 407
A four-blade development of the LongRanger with a wider cabin and a FADEC-controlled Rolls-Royce 250-C47. Widely used for air ambulance, tours, police and utility work; the classic version has analogue instruments.
Performance
- Cruise speed
- 133 kt
- Never-exceed speed (VNE)
- 140 kt
- Range
- 330 nm
- Service ceiling
- 17,600 ft
Fuel
- Fuel type
- Jet A-1 · Jet A
- Usable fuel
- 387 kg
- Total capacity
- 395 kg
- Main tank
- 275 kg
- Fuselage tank
- 106 kg
- Fuel burn (cruise)
- 139 kg/h
Fuel burn in cruise at 1,000 ft. Turbine fuel is shown as mass, at a typical 0.80 kg/l, the way crews plan it.
Runway
- Usable surfaces
- Helipad · Grass · Asphalt
No published runway figures for this type yet.
Cockpit and systems
- Cockpit
- Analog gauges
- Systems
- FADEC engine control
Weights and capacity
- Max passengers
- 6
- Minimum crew
- 1
- Cockpit seats
- 2
- Max take-off weight (MTOW)
- 2,268 kg
- Empty weight
- 1,214 kg
Licence and training
- Licences that cover it
- PPL(H) · CPL(H)
- Type rating required
- Bell 407
- Extra training or endorsements
- Turbine engine
EASA terms. Other authorities name and split ratings differently.
Flight rules and approvals
- Flight rules
- VFR only
- Approvals
- Night VFR
Assumes the usual equipment. The aircraft's own documents decide what it may fly.
Type
- Manufacturer
- Bell
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1× Turboshaft
- ICAO type designator
- B407
- Wake turbulence category
- L · Light
- In service since
- 1996
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- 2020 · 2024
Scale drawing
- Length
- 12.61 m
- Rotor diameter
- 10.66 m
- Height
- 3.1 m
- Fuselage width
- 1.5 m
Drawn to scale from the published length, span and height; finer shapes are approximate.
Size comparison
- Bell 407Length 12.61 m
- Airbus Helicopters H125Length 12.94 m
All drawn at one scale. The person is 1.8 m tall.
Speeds
- VBGBest glideFurthest distance per height lost, the speed to fly after an engine failure.
- 80 kt
- VNENever exceedNever fly faster than this. Red line.
- 140 kt
Typical published values for the named variant, for learning only. Always fly with the aircraft's own flight manual (POH/AFM).
Fly the Bell 407 in the simulator
Practise your radio calls with this aircraft type in the AI ATC simulator.
