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shapipple12 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
heh, i guess so. haha man that would look strange a duel prop sky crane. but then again i guess we could argue about taking the super stallions fuselage off or even more crazy the mil 26's.
dynmicpara (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
A Chinook without a fuselage would gain 6 tons of payload it cannot lift now with a built-in fuselage.
shapipple12 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
the chinook doesn't need to loose its fusolodge, it can lift more then the F model already.
dynmicpara (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
If Boeing were smart...they'd create a CH-47F Chinook SkyCrane to gain 6 tons of extra lift for M113 Gavins and other light tanks and/or make a CH-47G Chinook SpeedCrane version with wings and Jarnot's engines with props for forward thrust:geocities dot com slash usarmyaviationdigest slash superchinook dot htm
dynmicpara (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
Yes, SkyCranes already carry steel ISO containers.
BlacktailFA (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
The CH-47 Chinook might make a decent Skycrane --- it's already got a large area under the roof that doesn't need to be attached for it to fly.If modified into a skycrane, it could still perform all the same missions as a rehular Chinook. Just leave the cargo pod attached.And don't even THINK about a V-22 Albatross Skycrane --- it can barely lift ITSELF into the air!
helilogger1962 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
I have worked with theese helicopters for 27 years. I would like to point out that the E-Model will lift 20,000 lbs and the F-Model will lift 25,000 lbs. The pod is nothing when it comes to this helicopters lifting capabilities.
youarthurhu (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
Interesting Army has stuck with olive since 'nam, even over desert, while USAF and USN went low-vis gray, navy is going back to bright markings on some planes. Navy tried, but dropped jungle camo because it was too easily seen from ground.
dynmicpara (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
T-tail ramp equipped aircraft can airdrop items, but they have to FIRST BE LOADED into their fuselages. The point is to fix the entire Army and have it READY-TO-FIGHT AT ALL TIMES BECAUSE ITS ALREADY LOADED IN PODS THAT SPECIAL AIRCRAFT ONLY HAVE TO PICK UP THE POD, saving hundreds of hours of working around a few aircraft fuselages.
dynmicpara (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
You might want to actually go to some of the web pages we list with our videos.Here's one detailing all the various ways to air deliver:geocitiesdotcomslashair_mech_strikeslashaircraftphotosdothtm |
