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- Thread starter Randy Daytona
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I always figured the main concern behind the TH-57 hover height was keeping wobbly brand new students from wobbling too close to the ground.
The stabilization in the IFR versions made a lower hover perfectly fine. Looking back, we probably should have just standardized it as 5' in the VFR-only bravos, because they did the bulk of fam work, and make it 3' in the everything-else-flying charlies. It would have been a lot of paperwork for the change but it would have been one time. We could justify it because we always operated those heavier. The gorilla in the room is that guys already did it anyway...
That never seems to be an answer at the schoolhouse that "the man" ever appreciates. It's much easier to ignore reality and declare it the way you did it as a JO. Even today.
I am working a booth at AUSA (Army “gun show”) next week. Picked up my credentials today and looked around at the crazy set up!
Airbus brought in an actual helicopter sans engine…
Sikorsky has their “helo next” there as a very nice mock up…
Bell has the same for their new scout/attack and troop carrier models…
And as this is an Army show, the obligatory “big gun…”
Airbus brought in an actual helicopter sans engine…
Sikorsky has their “helo next” there as a very nice mock up…
Bell has the same for their new scout/attack and troop carrier models…
And as this is an Army show, the obligatory “big gun…”
Got to “fly” the Boeing Defiant “simulator at AUSA. Kind of fun but the guy was frustrated I wanted to hover and do pedal turns to engage targets rather than swoop around…he kept saying, “But it flies like a fixed wing.”
Here’s a mock-up of the Bell tilt-rotor.
Here’s a mock-up of the Bell tilt-rotor.
WTH? AUSA got the actual flight controls?
LM/Sikorsky brought a lousy PC with big screens and controls I could make in my garage for their S-97 "simulator". I think the reps could sense our disappointment before we declined to fly it.
Come by tomorrow and play all you want! Although this is clearly more a demonstrator than a trainer (maybe a basic trainer) I have a feeling it could do a lot more than the show allowed. The collective collected for take off and you used a slide button to work the pusher propeller. It took a while to get the knack of slowing to a hover using that thing. To go backwards you simply stay level and move the slider back…I really screwed that up as I kept wanting to use back cyclic which isn’t necessary.
I got to fly the Raider sim in Connecticut. It was really fun hovering with a 15-20° nose up attitude and making gun runs with a lot of nose down but not accelerating (pusher's got beta).
In other news Israel closed the deal on a bunch of -53’s and the two KC-46’s makes for a nice round up in cash.
www.reuters.com
www.airforce-technology.com
Israel signs deal to buy $3.1 bln in U.S. helicopters, tankers
Israel has signed a deal with the United States to buy 12 Lockheed Martin Corp CH-53K helicopters and two Boeing Co KC-46 refuelling planes, the Israeli Defence Ministry said on Friday, estimating the total price at around $3.1 billion.
Israel signs deal to procure 12 Lockheed Martin-Sikorsky helicopters
Israel’s Ministry of Defence (MOD) Mission has signed an agreement with the US Government to procure 12 Lockheed Martin-Sikorsky helicopters.
www.airforce-technology.com
Heard this was a very complex "deal with the devil" - more around increasing LM's footprint with Israel. CH-47F would have been a more affordable choice in the short term - but when you tie in incentives around JSF its likely that drove the decision. Kilo is still very high risk programatically.In other news Israel closed the deal on a bunch of -53’s and the two KC-46’s makes for a nice round up in cash.
Israel signs deal to buy $3.1 bln in U.S. helicopters, tankers
Israel has signed a deal with the United States to buy 12 Lockheed Martin Corp CH-53K helicopters and two Boeing Co KC-46 refuelling planes, the Israeli Defence Ministry said on Friday, estimating the total price at around $3.1 billion.
Israel signs deal to procure 12 Lockheed Martin-Sikorsky helicopters
Israel’s Ministry of Defence (MOD) Mission has signed an agreement with the US Government to procure 12 Lockheed Martin-Sikorsky helicopters.
Saw this in the news today:
www.courant.com
Sikorsky flies its first unmanned Black Hawk helicopter; it can enter dangerous territory at no risk to crews
Sikorsky flies its first unmanned Black Hawk helicopter; it can enter dangerous territory at no risk to crews
Sikorsky Aircraft has flown its first unmanned Black Hawk helicopter that can enter dangerous air space without risking lives. The 30-minute flight Saturday over Fort Campbell, Kentucky, was the re…
www.courant.com
Or maybe they wanted the more capable helicopter? As for the ‘risk’ they can see past aircraft procurement decisions invokving the USMC and new aircraft, and see there is likely little real risk. Finally, they already operate H-53’s and getting some more makes sense.
A certain Black Hawk pilot I know can finally pass their check ride...as a front seat passenger.Saw this in the news today:
Sikorsky flies its first unmanned Black Hawk helicopter; it can enter dangerous territory at no risk to crews
Sikorsky flies its first unmanned Black Hawk helicopter; it can enter dangerous territory at no risk to crews
Sikorsky Aircraft has flown its first unmanned Black Hawk helicopter that can enter dangerous air space without risking lives. The 30-minute flight Saturday over Fort Campbell, Kentucky, was the re…
"The Black Hawk, which dates to the 1970s, will continue flying for the Army for several more decades."
In lieu of this, should the Comanche have been developed into a production airframe or was the decision to kill it off the right one?