Talk:Bell 212
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[edit] Disambiguation
The Bell 212 (Bell 212A ? ) was the first commercial 1200 baud modem in the United States - and the modem protocol it uses is still supported by modern modems for communicating at 1200 baud in the US.
- —Hobart 05:52, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
[edit] mexico operates these
On the mexican air force page it sais that mexico is an operater but here it sais that it is not. —Preceding unsigned comment added by B1412 (talk • contribs) .
- But Mexico is in the list on the military UH-1N Twin Huey page. Maybe that is where the link from the Mexican Air Force page should go. Meggar 01:33, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
- Mexico received about 75 old Twin Hueys from the USA but Mexico sent them back as were worn out. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BatteryIncluded (talk • contribs)
[edit] The sound
One of the characteristics of the 212 in comparison to most heli's is the extremely long-distances at which they can be heard as they approach you. I remember hearing one approach from well over 15 km as a kid, and recently almost repeated this feat (10 km at least) at Whistler. The "whump whump" sound it totally unique in my experience, but I haven't heard an original UH-1...
So what causes this sound? The 412 definitely doesn't make it, at least to anywhere near the same amount. It doesn't sound like the sort of "sonic whine" you get from high-speed props either. So anyone know what the cause of this is?
Maury 18:15, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

