Modelling > Aero-space
Sikorksy S-61 Sea King
elmayerle:
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--- Quote from: raafif on February 11, 2023, 07:17:51 AM ---I would rather see you kit bash a V-22 Osprey with the CH-54. That would get rid of the ugly arrangement of the engines/transmission and drive train to the tail rotor. Replace the tail rotor and tail with the twin tail from the V-22. Still have an ugly aircraft but the performance might be a little better :smiley:
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V-22 fuselage to just aft of the electronics bay behind the cockpit, then a cleaned-up clpseput amd a bppm mating with the standard V-22 wing and extending back to pick up the tail surfaces. Landing gear would be similar to that of the Tahoe, again off the boom to the tail. overall design would have to take into account the large ring for the stowage of the wing.
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raafif:
Two shots of my friend Pete who flew Sikorsky S61N helicopters in Canada for several years. Sometimes that entailed a round-trip flight of three plus hours over water, out to 200 nautical miles from the coast to supply oil-rigs. A 6ft 6" Canadian now living in sub-Antarctica (Tasmania).
One of his memorable ferry flights was from Australia to Ireland .... Exmouth, Port Headland, Broome, Kupang, Denpaser, Dkakarta, Singalore, Hat Yai, Bangkok, Rangoon, Calcutta, Nagpur, Amadabad, Karachi, Seeb, Bahrain, Hail, Luxor, Cairo, Athens, Naples, Marseilles, Dinard, Shannon, Ireland. That was 107 flight hours over eleven days.
Planned cruise speed was 115 knots, always took off at maximum all up weight of 20,500 pounds with three full under floor fuel-tanks, an above floor ferry-tank and 4 drums of fuel.
He then went to Stravangar, Norway & transioned to AS332L/L1 Super Pumas.
Next month he wil tell the story of two Aussie RAAF glider pilots buried in the Commonwealth War Grave in Norway.
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