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The helicopter crew chief can be seen in the floor hatch providing assistance. Improperly rigged cargo loads can threaten the aircraft as well as people on the ground. External loads must be prepared and inspected by trained personnel, and all rigging equipment must be rated for the weight of the load and in servicable condition.
Category: Helicopter components. ... Turboshaft engines (9 C, 6 P) Pages in category "Helicopter components" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
Data from General characteristics Crew: 1 or 2 pilots Capacity: 10 passengers or 1,900 kg (4,189 lb) payload internal, 1,600 kg (3,527 lb) payload slung Length: 12.11 m (39 ft 9 in) Height: 4.01 m (13 ft 2 in) Empty weight: 2,050 kg (4,519 lb) Max takeoff weight: 4,100 kg (9,039 lb) Powerplant: 2 × Zhuzhou Aeroengine Factory WZ-8A turboshaft, 632 kW (848 hp) each Main rotor diameter: 11.94 m ...
The Sikorsky MH-60/HH-60 Pave Hawk is a four-blade, twin-engine, medium-lift utility military helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft.The HH-60 Pave Hawk and its successor the HH-60W Jolly Green II are combat rescue helicopters, though in practice they often serve humanitarian and peacetime disaster rescue.
The Piasecki X-49 "SpeedHawk" is an American four-bladed, twin-engined experimental high-speed compound helicopter developed by Piasecki Aircraft.The X-49A is based on the airframe of a Sikorsky YSH-60F Seahawk, but utilizes Piasecki's proprietary vectored thrust ducted propeller (VTDP) design and includes the addition of lifting wings.
[2] [3] As part of this initiative, Boeing was awarded a $285-million contract to build the first 13 MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopters, to guard America's nuclear ballistic missiles. [4] [5] The MH-139A Grey Wolf is to be used for security patrols, search and rescue missions, and personnel and cargo transport. [6]
1. Non-rotating outer ring (blue). 2. Turning inner ring (silver). 3. Ball joint. 4. Control (pitch) preventing turning of outer ring. 5. Control (roll). 6. Linkages (silver) to the rotor blade. In aeronautics, a swashplate is a mechanical device that translates input via the helicopter flight controls into motion of the main rotor blades.
[6] [7] In January 2019, Canada announced plans to modernize and extend the life of the existing 85 CH-146s to 2031. [8] In May 2022, the contract was signed. [9] The contract with Bell Canada will allow the type to be in service until the 2030s. [10] The maintenance work is done in Canada and sustains over 1100 jobs there. [11]