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Bell UH-1H Iroquois Utility Helicopter Blueprint Wall Art
Open production · Made after your order
A hand-plotted technical blueprint, drawn stroke by stroke in real ink.
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A technical plan of the Bell UH-1H Iroquois, drawn in pen, line by line, on 250 g/m² paper, 11 x 17 in (27.9 x 43.2 cm). A physical nib presses into the paper and lays down real ink, stroke after stroke.
The UH-1H exists as a photo and a spec sheet, everywhere — a drawing anyone can call up on a screen. What doesn't exist everywhere is a copy that can say who traced it, where, and under what serial number.
The Bell UH-1H Iroquois — universally known as the "Huey" — is a utility helicopter built by Bell Helicopter in the United States, the most widely used military helicopter of the Vietnam War era. Powered by a single Lycoming T53-L-13 turboshaft rated at 1,400 shp (limited to 1,100 shp by the transmission), it carries a crew of 1 to 4 and up to 11–14 troops, 6 stretchers, or equivalent cargo. It measures 17.62 m (57 ft 10 in) long with rotors turning, on a 14.63 m (48 ft) two-bladed main rotor. Empty it weighs 2,363 kg (5,210 lb), rising to a maximum takeoff weight of 4,309 kg (9,500 lb). It cruises to a service ceiling of 3,840 m (12,600 ft), a top speed of 204 km/h (127 mph), and a range of 511 km (318 mi). More than 7,000 UH-1s served in Vietnam; over 3,300 were lost. The type was retired from active US Army service in 2005, after more than four decades of continuous service.
At a Glance
- ◆127 mph (204 km/h) max speed
- ◆Lycoming T53 turboshaft, 1,400 shp
- ◆48 ft (14.63 m) rotor diameter
- ◆Carries 11–14 troops or 6 stretchers
- ◆Over 7,000 served in Vietnam
- ◆Built by Bell Helicopter, USA
Each piece is physically plotted by the studio's precision robot in Québec City, using Stabilo® Fineliners and Sakura® Gelly Roll inks on 250 gsm (120 lb) stock — stroke by stroke, never printed. A physical tip presses into the paper and lays down real ink. The result is a tactile, hand-plotted finish — never printed.
Specifications
> FORMAT: Tabloid Standard [11" x 17"]
> INK SYSTEM: Stabilo® Fineliner / Sakura® Gelly Roll
> SUBSTRATE: 250gsm High-Density Stock [120lb]
> EXECUTION: Precision Vector Plotting
> PRODUCTION: Open · plotted after you order
> ORIGIN: Québec City, Canada
What the robot does. What a person decides.
The robot
- ◆Runs the file
- ◆Draws the fuselage, the rotor, the skids
- ◆Lays down ink, line by line
- ◆Repeats without tiring
A person
- ◆Chooses the aircraft and the view
- ◆Designs which lines survive from thousands
- ◆Sets pen pressure, speed, and height
- ◆Watches the plot from start to finish
- ◆Signs, numbers, and packs the piece
Drawn by a robot. Designed by a person.
Included
Production timelapse included — every order · no extra cost
Watch your piece being plotted, line by line, by the studio's robot. A personal timelapse of your production is sent with every order — to share, or to keep as a record of how your piece came to be.
Hidden signature
Real footage — an early production piece, shown under blacklight.
A signature only UV light reveals
On the back of every piece, in the same pass as the drawing, we plot a signature invisible under normal light — codeink.art, the piece's name and serial number, the year, and Québec. Shine a blacklight on it and it glows.
“A helicopter like this carried people out of places no road could reach. Reducing that history to a few thousand strokes of ink is its own kind of quiet.”
Open production, no duplicates
This piece is plotted after you order it — the pen wears down over the hours it takes to draw, so ink density varies slightly and no two lines close exactly the same way. Nothing is corrected or hidden.
There's no cap on how many are made, but each one is drawn individually, signed, and numbered — never a batch, never printed.
A real process, not a printer
Each piece is physically plotted, pen on paper, in Québec City — watch the machine work.
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Real defects — shipping damage, wrong colour, missing lines — are replaced free of charge.
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Numbered and signed
A unique serial number and the date are plotted on the back in UV ink — invisible to the naked eye, laid down in the same pass as the drawing.
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