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Hey there,
I have not had any luck finding a Bell Pacific 212 twin engined helicopter, they use these around here to fly in and out from the fishing lodges. They are a big machine and I would love to download one to learn to fly it. I have looked all through simviations choppers pages, done the searches and I come up with nothing. Does anyone know where I can find one?

Cory, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia

As much as I hate to say this... you may want to try, www.flightsim.com, www.avsim.com or www.hovercontrol.com.

Also, while there are none specific that says "Bell 212 Pacific", there are a couple of Bell 212s on this site on Page 8 of the helicopter downloads.

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In fact, the Bell 212 a twin-engined helicopter. It is also known as the UH-1N by USAF and USMC
see: http://www.russian.ee/%7Estar/vertigo/bell_212-r.html

It appears you have the idea that all twin-engined helicopters have more than one set of rotor blades (such as the Chinook) ??  Not so. The 212/UH-1N uses the P&W "Twinpak" -- two engines with a common output shaft.

Other well-known single rotor helicopters with twin engines are the AH-64 Apache, BlackHawk/SeaHawk, BK-117, AS-355, Bell 427, Bell 222, S64 AirCrane, Dolphin and others.  Moreover, there at least 2 single rotor designs that have 3 engines -- the EH-101 (Merlin) and CH53E Super Stallion are two notables.

Cal