Airwolf - RetractPOV
The Airwolf helicopter — the fictional black-and-silver military Bell 222 from the 1980s television series — captured as an RC scale model with retracting landing gear.
About
Airwolf was an American action-drama television series that aired from 1984 to 1987, built around a fictional super-helicopter that combined the airframe of the Bell 222 corporate helicopter with elaborate (and largely fictional) military weapons systems and capabilities. The show used a real Bell 222A helicopter, modified with stick-on cosmetic features (false weapon-bay panels, mock turbine intakes, the distinctive black-with-silver-stripes paint scheme), to portray the title aircraft on screen.
The Airwolf design — a clean Bell 222 silhouette in distinctive black and silver — has remained a popular RC scale subject for decades, particularly among modelers who grew up watching the series. The "RetractPOV" suffix in this model name indicates an RC implementation with retracting landing gear (the real Bell 222 has retractable wheel-skid combination landing gear, which the show foregrounded for dramatic effect during takeoff and landing scenes).
The unmistakable Airwolf silhouette — Bell 222 airframe in television's most-recognized fictional military livery — is part of the small but enthusiastic community of TV-tribute RC scale modeling.
In the simulator
A novelty scale subject for fans of 1980s television. The Bell 222 airframe gives realistic helicopter handling, with the visual character of one of TV's most-recognized fictional aircraft. Use it for novelty scale flying.
