Bell 412EPI Launched with New Engine and Panel

Pia Bergqvist

Tuesday, March 05, 2013 at 11:29 PM ET

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** Bell 412EPI**

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Bell Helicopters announced the new 412EPI, an upgraded version of the Bell 412 featuring an integrated glass flight deck named Bell BasiX Pro for single-pilot IFR capabilities.
The 412EPI is powered by Pratt & Whitney PT6-9 Twin Pac engines, offering 15 percent more shaft horsepower for improved high and hot performance.
Priced at $10.4 million, the first deliveries are expected next year, and Bell will continue to offer the existing 412EP model alongside the new version.

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At a pre-Heli-Expo press briefing yesterday in Las Vegas, Bell Helicopters president and CEO John Garrison announced the company’s latest Bell 412 version, the 412EPI, with new bells and whistles and the promise of better performance.

The 412EPI boasts an integrated glass flight deck named Bell BasiX Pro, which provides single-pilot IFR capabilities and incorporates the Garmin GTN 750 touchscreen navigators with four 10.4-inch LCD displays. Electronic charts and approach plates, WAAS, ADS-B transponder and optional HTAWS are just a few capabilities offered by the BasiX Pro package.