Bell is building a next gen Helo - their V-280 for FVL.
You can't make a 412 Griffon into a Yankee very easily.
That said, the US Army is up-turreting quite a few of its Strykers into the 30mm Dragoon in its Cavalry regiments in a number of Stryker brigades. The turret is unmanned and the vehicle crew is two - a driver and commander gunner with room for 9 GIBs.
The Army is Upgrading the Stryker Armored Vehicle With a Bigger Gun
The new Protector turret packs the firepower to take on enemy armored vehicles.www.popularmechanics.com
The Osprey would be a great choice for some missions -- I'd be curious if the rotor wash may been an issue for some SAR missions involving basket recovery - or confined space rescues. Obviously the best way to check the validity would be like you mentioned with a try before you buy Operational Testing phase.
I don’t know if there are any CH-113/113A Labrador folks left in RWSAR, but aside from the marginal power concerns of the Lab at close to all-up weight, all the folks I talked to loved the stability and control of a tandem rotor in the mountains. The rotor configuration actually spreads downward over an expanded oval, which reduced downward velocity compared to a similarly weighted single-rotor helo. That said, form chatting with some folks who’ve done the rope, rappel and SPIES rig thing from a CV-22 (KevinB, you probably have as well), the downwash of the Osprey’s relatively smaller rotors (compared to a Chinook) makes for some wicked airflow issues…which for the particular mission are worth the risks. The Osprey is a big beast…similar MGAUW as the Chinook at 55,000lbs (I think it adds a few more thousand in rolling takeoff ferry mode), but it’s rotor disks are 2-1/2 times smaller in total area than a Chinook, which is where the intense/insane/[insert adjective] downwash comes from. Unless the person you’re trying to pluck off the side of the mountain is a specially-trained bubba who knows the drills to be safely recovered, I’m not sure an Osprey is an optimal recovery assets. Can’t comment on recovering folks from a stricken vessel, that might be a more forgiving recovery environment for an Osprey than mountains…still would probably need a significant hoist height not to blow the cramp out of the crew or rescuee below.
Funny that you should mention that. I never worked with the Chinooks but I spent much more than my fair share in and under CH113 Voyageurs hooking up guns (for some reason always in mid winter). You were always in a bit of a blizzard but the wash was never an issue other than driving little ice crystals into every gap in your parka.
That’s okay, FJAG, they were still 450 Sqn tandems…or maybe even 1 THP (Thump) for you!Funny that you should mention that. I never worked with the Chinooks but I spent much more than my fair share in and under CH113 Voyageurs hooking up guns (for some reason always in mid winter). You were always in a bit of a blizzard but the wash was never an issue other than driving little ice crystals into every gap in your parka.
) than being outside the rotors and catching the rotor outflow full force. It gave an appreciation of what the TAMS or gun team was experiencing under the hook. The new Chinook has significantly wider sponsons given it carries double the fuel of the older Chinooks, and I heard from the TAMS and guns that it’s got a bit of a ‘lull’ (relative) once you’re right under it.
There is a reason that I was a tad concerned about the rotor wash - I've done very minimal rope work from the 22 - but enough to make me concerned if one was trying to hover over someone, or to go up - or worse trying a basket type recovery in on tight space.
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No, AH-64.US army Hooks from the 101 getting in trouble. Hmmm the rotor wash get the fans upset?
Titans flyover now subject of a 'pending investigation,' FAA says
The Federal Aviation Administration has signaled an intensified interest in a dramatic helicopter flyover two weeks ago at Nissan Stadium, now describing the incident as the focus of a "pending investigation."
In this vid...is that the front of a Chinook?
I've always found the MoD using coroner inquests that way to be odd.Which reminded me of this allegation, about which I am not qualified in the least to comment!
MoD 'should hang heads in shame' over death of Army hero
MINISTRY of Defence chiefs were today told by a coroner they "should hang their heads in shame" over equipment shortages that led to the death of a heroic British soldier in Afghanistan.
Coroner Andrew Walker delivered the damning verdict after hearing that Corporal Mark Wright was killed while trying to help an injured colleague caught in a minefield. The "downwash" from a Chinook helicopter set off a mine.
The inquest into his death heard that Corporal Wright, 27, and colleagues had requested a helicopter with a winch because of the danger of triggering a mine but were sent the Chinook because nothing with a winch was available.
The decision proved fatal when the air pressure caused by the Chinook's rotors as it approached the ground set off a landmine which inflicted severe shrapnel wounds on Corporal Wright.
MoD 'should hang heads in shame' over death of Army hero
MINISTRY of Defence chiefs were today told by a coroner they "should hang their heads in shame" over equipment shortages that led to the death of a heroic British soldier in Afghanistan.
FAA rules are guidelines to the Military - they don't control what the Military does with Aircraft.US army Hooks from the 101 getting in trouble. Hmmm the rotor wash get the fans upset?
Titans flyover now subject of a 'pending investigation,' FAA says
The Federal Aviation Administration has signaled an intensified interest in a dramatic helicopter flyover two weeks ago at Nissan Stadium, now describing the incident as the focus of a "pending investigation."
In this vid...is that the front of a Chinook?
