SkyCrane Helicopter Pod Systems in Action! dynmicpara

[dragon825]

have to say dynmicpara watched a number of your postings now, and you're wasted on here shame the defence bigwigs don't log on might learn something and actually buy/think of something useful

[ch47fe18]

i crewed a CH54B here in Alabama from 1986 until about 1993. Chinooks were then forced on us. a/c 279 & 263 are still here on display. 2 flyable Skycranes as well 2 boneyard a/c ended with Ericcson.

[BUBBACH54B]

PROUD TO HAVE BEEN AN F/E ON A 'B' MODEL FOR ALOTTA YEARS IN THE CT. NG FULL TIME. (has anybody seen my a/c 69-18462 tink its in italy) WORKED AND FLEW WITH THE BEST VIETNAM ERA PILOTS AND MECHS ON EARTH. GOT ALOT OF GREAT STORYS ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL SHIP. p.s. how many hours winter flite time do have have freezing your ars of cause the heater flew the coop? MANY CRANES ARE UP AND RUNNING TODAY BECAUSE OF ERICKSON AIRCRANE AND A FEW OTHERS. THANX GUYS!!!

[shapipple12]

the chinook doesn't need to loose its fusolodge, it can lift more then the F model already.

[dynmicpara]

A Chinook without a fuselage would gain 6 tons of payload it cannot lift now with a built-in fuselage.

[shapipple12]

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.

[BlacktailFA]

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!

[dynmicpara]

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

[helilogger1962]

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]

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]

SkyCranes can lift standard 20 foot ISO container "battleboxes", it costs in payload weight though since steel ISOs are about 5, 000 pounds empty but aluminum ones are 3, 000 pounds. Perhaps composite material ISOs would be only half this weight. The point is we lose precious time loading/unloading cargo from inside fuselages when it'd be better in combat just to drop a pod. Thanks for writing!

[pratoriann]

C17s and C130s can take tanks, jeeps, freight containers or w/e over thousand of miles and launch them while doing a high speed pass a few feet above the ground if they cant afford to "waste precious time" or if its too dangerous to do a full stop landing... what country are you from ?

[dynmicpara]

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

[dynmicpara]

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.

[Austinjoke]

Put more of these one man, really intresting about the pods for tarhe. Thats a good idea do put containers under em, are they short enough tho?

[dynmicpara]

Yes, SkyCranes already carry steel ISO containers.