Category Helicopters

BO 105

Posted by admin in Helicopters on February 28, 2016

• Specialised emergency work • Agile performance

Подпись: ▲ Rearwards opening clamshell doors enable easy access lor a casualty on a stretcher. The quick transfer from incident to hospital allowed by ambulanco helicopters has saved hundreds of lives. BO 105

The MBB BO 105 light-utility helicopter is a masterpiece of simple but effective design that has won an excellent worldwido reputation. This fine helicopter is a veritablo ‘jack of all trades’, suitable for a wide variety of civil and military duties. Well known in Europe as a military aircraft armed with a variety of weapons, the BO 105 is equally visible in America as a means of transporting casualties to hospital.

MBB (Eurocopter) BO 105

Подпись: BO 105 A Health service helicopters

Despite being expensive to run, the air ambulance ts so vital in many regions ol the UK that funding has been made available for it.

► Military BO 105s are valuable because they can fly nap-of-the-earth missions below treetop level.

>■ The prototype for the BO 105 series first flew on 16 February 1967.

► To date, 1.300 BO 105s have been delivered and 3,400,000 hours flown.

> Policc/Medical Aviation Services Ud currently operate five specially-equipped BO 105s in the emergency sorvices role.

> Eurocoptor claims that the BO 105 was th* world’s first light twin-engined helicopter.

> Swodcn operatos an unarmed SAR version known as the HR 9B.

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Type: • vo-seat tight-utility helicopter

Powerplant: two 313-kW (420-hp.) Allison 250- C?0B turboshaft engines

Max speed: 270 knVh (167 mp. h) at sea lovd

Range: 658 Km (408 ns.) Пуюд at 1525 m (5.000 ft.)

Operating ceiling: 5180 m (17.000 ft)

Weights: empty 1256 kg (2.763 lb.): maximum tako-oW 2400 kg (5.280 to)

Armament: military versions carry up to c-ghi Hughes TOW anti armour missiles, or up to 38 air-to-ground rocket projectiles, or (typically) two 7.82-mm machino-guns. civil versions can carry 2800 kg (6.173 lb.) ot cargo

Dimensions:

man rotor diameter 9.84 m (3? It. З m )

length 11.86 m (38 ft. 11 in.)

height 3 m (9 ft. 10 in)

main rotor disc area 76.05 m’ (818 eq ft.)

Above: Tbo medical attendants, winchmon and pilots who operate ambulance helicopters have to undergo intensive training for their highly specialised duties.

Right: The helicopter is a vital tool for ambulance and rescue work. Not only can it reach areas inaccessible by road, it con also transport critical cases far more quickly, giving victims a better chance of survival.

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G-COBS is operated by Bond Helicopters on behalf of the Cornwall Ambulance Service in England. This vital service is entirely funded by donations from the people of Cornwall.

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Я A 109K2: Equippod wth a rescue wnch and *kis. this A 109K2 is idoalfy suited to its mountain nrscuo duties in the Italian Alps.

■ BK 117: Operated by Ufa FUght on behalf of Stamford University Hospital. Connecticut, this BK 117 Is specially equipped for medical duties

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Versatility

Posted by admin in Helicopters on February 28, 2016

BBS small yet capable BO 105 ha* woo a well-deserved reputation for performance ami relability since « first Hew ovci 30 усип» ago Today ibis adaptable craft is in worldwide militaiy лкі civilian service.

To ill-, pilot, Ibe l« > 105 is a delight lo fly, Offering good flying cliarancristics with great agility thanks to its rigid rotors The current IK) 105 with sealing

The ВО Г05 ‘s small sizo and good performance moan that it can land in places other helicopters would find impossible.

lor six in an extended fuselage is regarded as one nl the most sensible and effective ligfit helicopters in the world, offering a superb view from its rounded lontour nose.

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BO 105 have saved iIkhisuikIs ol people m lifc-threalcnmg situations It has made a great

impact in construction. amlnilaiKc and police work, as well as forming the basis for

one of the most capaNe tank- destroyers currently in military service.

Now Ix-iitg marketed bv the miiltinallonal L’umcoptcr concern, ilte BO 105 is a classic design which cofies admitahly with every task to which it has l>een assigned

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The many missions of the BO 105

■ MULTI-MISSION: Sweden took delivery of 24 BO 105s In the ■ OBSERVATION AND LIAISON: The excellent vts»t> ty from Ute 1960s Most were anti-tank variant», but a number were the BO 105 makes It suitable for both military and civ* observat OWigunxJ for bad weather and Arctic search end rescue. dutie*. Heerwfkeger BO 105s am atoo used as light transport»

Versatility

MBB (Eurocopter) ВО 105

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Type: .ght general-purpose helicopter

Powerplant: two 313-kW (419-hp I Attson 250- C20B turboshaft engines

Maximum speed: 242 km/h |150 m p. h) at sea level

Rate ol climb: 570 mtam (1.870 f p. m | at иа level

Range: r.85 km 063 ml.) at sen kr. n

Weights: empty 1277 kg (2815 lb.), loaded 2500 kg (5.511 to.)

The tough and геЧаЫо BO 105 has found a ready nrnkot with law enforcement agencies. This comprehensively-equipped example is flown by tfto Bavanan State Police.

Accommodation: one pilot and tour to %>* passengers or 870 kg (1.918 to.) 0» cargo

Dimensions: rotor span 9 82 m (32 ft 2 in,) length 11 84 m (38 ft. 9m) height 2.98 m (9 ft 9 in.)

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Versatility

MBB Eurocopter

BO 105

Posted by admin in Helicopters on February 28, 2016

• Utility helicopter • Tank-destroyer • Rescue helicopter

BO 105

dept at carrying people and cargo over medium distances the BO 105 is a marvellous light helicopter. A German design sold in several countries by Eurocopter, it is a hard worker and a reliable performer. The BO 105’s rigid rotor system makes it very precise in flight. This makes it rather expensive for an aircraft of its class, but pilots and owners feel that it offers tremendous value.

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has been a great success with emergency services all over the world, especially with police forces, air ambulance units and rescue squadrons.

BO 105

A Flying truck

Rear doors give the BO 105 a useful capability as a cargo carrier. This kind of work Is very common in Russia, where remote areas cannot be reached by road

A Dangling load

Carrying an undcrslung load means a pilot must be very careful. In an emergency, the pilot can jettison the load by pressing a button in the cockpn

4 Tank killer

Armed with six HOT missiles, a BO 105 lies behind an obstacle waiting to ambush a tank group, its roof-mounted sight the only thing exposed to view.

FACTS AND FIGURES

Unlike most holicopters, the BO 105 Is fully oorobatic and very manoeuvrable.

The medical evacuation version of this holicopter carries a pilot, two medical attendants and two patients.

>• The BO 105 combines three features – rigid rotor, twin engines and compact sir* – into an ideal light helicopter.

► More than 1,500 BO 105s are on order or

are In use in 40 countries.

► The 178 BO 105s In sorvico in North America havo flown 1.220.000 hours.

► Tho roar doors of the BO 105 offer

straight-in loading capability.

Fast and formidable

Posted by admin in Helicopters on February 28, 2016

iop speed ОІ |0~ kill ll (252 m. p.h.), a i650-km l2.8S5-niL) ferry range jiml ц. икі hover performance in hnt-aml-high conditions were among ікс I S Army’s Advaixed дети I Fire Support System’s (AAFSS) rcquhvmenis

Twelve companies submitted proposals "kb Locklieed Iteing chosen to buikl 10 prototypes of their CL-НЮ iom|>ound heliinpu’t I he first example flew on 21 Scpiemlier 1967.

Initial testing was promising and the Arms ordered 375 ЛI I-56 As

Then disadcr struck Highspeed flight Cover 320 km Ii200 m. p.h.) revealed M:ilyilit problems. V cure w as dill limit in find; when a Cheyenne crashed in 1969 the rest were grounded and the production

order was cancelled. Despite further testing and promising weapons irials. the controversy surrounding tlx – project anil the strain placed on the defence budget by Ihe Vietnam War saw all development lease in 1972

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The Cheyenne/TOW weapon system

■ WARHEAD:

The first Hughes BGM-7IATOW msstes (operational from 1975 aboard AH – 1s) had a shaped – charge warhead (seen hero destroyng an old M4 tank hut) and a range of 4 km (2.5 mg.

■ WIRE-GUIDEO: A

wire trated behind the missile салют control commands from the heicoptor’s gunner Cruciform * pop-out’ fins on the mis&le guide it to the target. TOW is powered by a small solid propellant rocket motor

■ TANK KILLER: Dragnod to destroy larks. md ground fcrttobor». the TOW пггіе has a noee- mourted camera which relays an image to a screen n the giroefb cockpit. This slows him to steer the meste with a smal joystick.

■ TOW MISSILES:

Hughes’Tubo- luuxhed. Opdcafy – tracked. Wre-gmdod (TOW) rmssfe was to be a key element of the Cheyenne-weapon system’ This sequence shows a TOW lainch at the Yuma messio test site in Arizona n 1970.

Fast and formidable

MBB Eurocopter

AH-56 Cheyenne

Posted by admin in Helicopters on February 28, 2016

• High-speed gunship • Two-seat aircraft • Cancelled after 375 ordered

Подпись: A The specifically designed gunship hehcoptor was a novel idea in the 1960s. With the end of the Cheyenne programme, the US Army was forced to wait more than 10 years for the AH-64 Apache. AH-56 Cheyenne

Helicopters proved their worth

once-and-for-all during the Vietnam War as troop carriers without equal. However, a pressing need for a specialised escort helicopter was soon apparent. Armed UH-1 ‘Hueys’ wore used in the meantime and Bell’s AH-1 provided another interim solution, but the answor lay in the Cheyenne. However, this high-speed, heavily-armed weapons system was plagued by problems.

Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne

Подпись: AH-56 Cheyenne A Ahead of its time

The cancellation of the Cheyenne forced the US Army to soldier on with tho ‘interim’ Boll АН-1 HueyCobra for many yoars.

The purpose-built AH-64 Apache was finally ordered in 1982.

AH-56 Cheyenne

A Pusher rotor and wings

For high-speed flight small wings produced most of tho lift, while much of the engine power went to the pusher propeller and provided forward thrust.

Gunship layout ►

Lockheed sot the now-established formula tor gunship helicopters. The gunner sat forward, taking responsibility for the weapons systems.

Since the Cheyenne project, Lockheed has not put a military or civil helicopter into production.

In common with other US Army helicopters, the Cheyenne was after a native American tribe.

► Power of the T64 engine was increased
to 2927 kW (3,922 hp.) during testing.

► The highly manoeuvrable AH-56 was found to bo a stable weapons platform.

>• Cancellation, in May 1969, came just six months before production began.

► The other short-listed AAFSS prototype was tho Sikorsky S-66.

Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne

AH-56 Cheyenne

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Ka-27/29/32 ‘Helix*

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• Anti-submarine • Assault/electronic warfare • Civil transport

Using two rotors spinning in opposite directions the Soviet Kamov design bureau dispensed with the tail rotor normally used to give directional stability in helicopters. The design enabled shorter rotor blades to bo used, which made it suitable for use aboard ships. The ‘Helix’ series of helicopters, which includes antisubmarine, assault transport and search – and-rescue versions, have served aboard a variety of Soviet warships.

Kamov Ka-27/29/32 ‘Helix’

Подпись: Ka-27/29/32 ‘Helix* Inside the Helix’д

The naval Ka-27 family carry a crew of three a pilot, tactical co-ordinator and ASW systems operator (PL model) or winch operator (PS moduli

◄ Co-axial transport

Three та/or civil variants of tho ‘Helix’ exist, and are used in Russia and abroad. Aeroflot operates approximately ISO Ka-32s including 32K cranes.

FACTS AND FIGURES

Russian navy Ka-27PLs carry Kh-35 anti-ship missiles, tho heaviest to be carriod by any naval helicopter.

Ka-32s are operated by Swiss mountain rescue teams.

Kamov is the world’s only firm to hove over mass-produced co-axial helicopters.

When Uown by a single crowmomber I К л-32 can be left on autopilot while the p№ oporatos о winch from tho cabin.

The Ka-32K is a special version with a crane under tho fusolago.

In Now Zealand Ka-32s are used for loggW in remote hill areas.

Ka-29 ‘Helix-B’

Type: mantime assault transport

Powefplant: two teeo-kw (2.225-npj Isoto-. TV3-117VK turboshaft engines

Maximum speed: 265 km-h (164 m p h i

Tlte Ka-.A2T is a basic load – carrier ami is able to carry a payload ol UKK) kg (S. SOt’l Ih I internally or 5000 kg (11.000 Ih. l externally I he Ka-.i2S is equipped with a radar and was vlesigned to npmtc from н е – Invakers and over hanen terrain It is used for such tasks as ice patrol, oilrig support and mariinne seanli and rescue in Russia’s lev seas

Service ceiling: 4300 m(M. 100 ft )

The flight deck of the Russian earner Kuznetsov accommodates (left to right) a Yak-38 striko fighter, Ka-27PL ASW helicopter. Ka – 29 assault transport and an electronic warfare Ka-31.

Armament: cno YakB-12 four-Da’rel 12.7-mm 1.50-ca.,) machine-gun; one fuadago-mountod 30-mm 2A42 cannon; four pylons lot gun pods. ASMS, rockets, fuel tanks or bombs

COMBAT DATA

MAXIMUM PASSENGERS

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Versatile ‘Helix’

LOGGING MISSION: A Ka-32 -. uind by a New Zealand limber company for hauling tree trunks from remote mountain sides Operators are impressed with the aircraft’s re-ability.

AIR-SEA RESCUE: Kn-27 ‘Hcllxor. are used! o rtiscun survivors of shipwrecks. The hcbcopter can drop a dinghy pack to survivors in the water as well as carry out a convenborval rescue with a winch

DIPPING SONAR: The Heix’ can search lor submarines with a dipping sonar, as wefl as paswe sonobooys. Tho Helix – normal works tv pairs in tho anti-submanne «Уо, but can operate autonomously if required

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Ka-27/29/32 ‘Helix*

Lockheed

Ka-26 ‘Hoodlum’

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• Co-axial rotor system • Multi-role versatility • Twin piston engines

First flown in 1965, the Ka-26 is widely used as an agricultural, ambulance, fire-fighting, survey and search and rescue helicopter. Its adaptability is largely a result of its unusual configuration. The piston engines are mounted on short wings and this allows a variety of payloads, including chemical spraying equipment, to be mounted aft of the enclosed cabin. It is a very compact design because the contra-rotating rotors mean that a tail rotor is not required.

Kamov Ka-26 ‘Hoodlum’

▼ Turhoshaft conversion

Ka-26 ‘Hoodlum’ Подпись: ▲ Passenger pod This Ka-26. fitted with spraying equipment, is shown alongside the alternative passenger I ambulance pod and tho Hat cargo platform. Conversion between roles is very rapid. After developing the Ka-126. Kamov passed responsibility for tho production to IAR in Romania. Some customers havo had their older Ka-26s modified to Ka-126 standard.

Ka-26 ‘Hoodlum’

A Compact people carrier

Подпись: Even when configured for the carnago of seven passengers, the Kn-26 is a remarkably small helicopter. Few Russian aircraft havo been exported so successfully.

FACTS AND

Kamov announced the Ka-26 in 1964 and the aircraft entered large-scale agricultural use in the USSR in 1970.

► Search-and-rescue variants have a winch for towing rescue boats.

► Full instrumentation is provided for flying by day or night, and in all weathers.

FIGURES

>• In 1962 Ka-26s joined other holicopters transporting demolition teams whose ta*k was to keep Soviet rivers free of ice.

A towed ‘bird’ receives reflections from tho omitter of the prospecting version.

All payloads are carried at the Ка-гб’з centre of gravity.

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Ka-26 ‘Hoodlum-A’

Type: general-purpose *ght hcf-coptot

Powerplant: two 242.5-kW <325-hp.) Vedeneyev M-14V-26 nine-cylinder air-coolod radial piston engines

Maximum speed: 170 km/h (105 m. p.n,)

Range: 400 km (250 mi.) with seven passengers

Hover ceiling: BOO m (2.625 ft.) out of ground effect

Weights: empty ш passenger configuration 2100 kg (4.620 lb.); maxxnum take-oft 3250 kg (7.150 *>.)

Accommodation: ,- iiot plus seven passengers, up to 1065 kg (2.340 lb) ot chermcaia or cargo, or an 1100-kg (2500-lb) externally slung toad

Dimensions:

rotor diameter 13 m (42 ft. 7 kv)

fuselago length 7.75 m (25 It 5. in,)

height 4.05 m (13 ft. 4 л)

mam rotoi c*sc area 265.50 m-‘ (871 sq. ft)

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Kamov intended to use this sysfem in the development of the Kd-I1R. which was planned as a live-seat Inisiness heltcttpler with (ust one main mlor.

By 1993 nearly 900 Ka-26s had Ічеп Innlt and pnxlm tit in For crop-spraying the Ka-26 can carry 900 kg (200 lb.) of liquid. was continuing at tlu Kumettaou and when used as a duster capacity increases by 165 kg (360 tb.). Aviation l’r< situ non VvMH i. ition Most Russian Ka-26s are used to treat orchards and vineyards. With iLs strength and versatility, the НіхнІІит’ is likely to remain In чс-іл ісе for many years

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ACTION DATA

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world’s most popular basic trainng helicopters. R22 is only occasionally used for spraying

Ka-26 ‘Hoodlum’

Kamov

. Kamov Ka-25 ‘Hormone’

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. Kamov Ka-25 ‘Hormone’ Подпись: ◄ Folded up The large tapes hobrr down the rotor Nadw when the Ka-25 is stored on deck are essential to stop the- flapping in the wind an: tutting the airframe They also allow tight storage on deck.

A Kamov’s trademark

All Kamov hohcoptors have Iho twin-rotor layout. This needs no compensating tail rotor, and allows the design to be short and compact.

From ship to shore ►

With fewer Russian earners in service now. many Ka-25s are confined to land bases. The ptbls hero are wearing special watorproof survival suits.

Подпись: . Kamov Ka-25 ‘Hormone’ A Sub-chaser

The Ka-25 first went to sea aboard ‘Moskva’-class helicopter-carrying cruisers. Tbh operated from a large flight dec* at the stem, beneath which was the ship’s variable-depth son*’ This was used to locate enemy submarines at long ranges

FACTS AND FIGURES

► About 400 aircraft, known In the West as •Hormono-A’. *-B’ and ‘*C were built.

>• The Soviet Union constructed four ‘Kiev’-class carriers which used ‘Hormones’ for anti-submarine warfare.

► This family of helicopters began with tho Ka-20 ‘Harp’, first flown in 1960.

>■ Not normally armed, tho Ka-25 can cadi bombs, depth charges or torpedoes.

► Only tho ‘Hormone-B’ has retractable landing gear which can be lifted out of the scanning beam of the nose radar.

► The ‘Hormone’ is cluttered inside and does not give its crow room to stand.

Ka-25BSh ‘Hormone-A’

Type: sot-soal anti-submanrw hot copter

Powerplant: two 671 kW (888-hp 1OMKB ‘Mars’ (Glushenkov) GTD-ЗЯ tuiboshafls in early holicoptocs; 738-kW (986 shp.) GTD-3BMS in later aircrafi

Max speed: ?№ km/h (130 m p. h.) at sea level

Range: 650 km (250 m.)

Weights: empty 4765 kg (10,500 to>: loaded 7500 kg (15,875 to.)

Пю bulbous ‘Big Bulgo’ radar is designed to pick out a submarine’s periscope, or find ships for a missile attack.

Armament: weapons, ro not normally carried; ‘Hormones’ detect submarines and provide guidance to ship-launched weapons

Dimensions:

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15.72 m (51 ft 7*i) 9,76 m (32 ft,) 5.37 m <17 ft. 7 in.) 389 15 m’ (4,190 sq. ft.)

anti-submarine work, the Hormone’ can accommodate up to a dozen passengers, making it a useful utility transport ami seanh-atul-rescue machine.

The Ka-25 lowers its dipping sonar into the sea for an ‘active’ search. The ‘Hormone* uses its passive sonobuoys tor a first search, and then active sonar and rnagnotic anomaly detection in the closing stages of an attack.

COMBAT DATA

CRUISING SPEEO

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ENGAGEMENT: Hormones were not ongmaOy armed. However, they are аЫе to carry a par of lightweight homing torpedoes, with which they can mount attacks on submarines delected by their sensitive onboard systems

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Ka-25 ‘Hormone’

Posted by admin in Helicopters on February 28, 2016

• Twin-rotor submarine hunter • Missile guidance platform

ulky and square-shaped, the Ka-25

•Hormone’ was developed by the Kamov design bureau in the late-1950s. Its Cold War task was to detect NATO submarines. This is one of tho most challenging jobs of modern warfare, and although the chunky ‘Hormone’ is far from graceful it performs this duty with precision. Once a principal anti-submarine weapon in the Soviet Union, the ’Hormone’ continues to serve Russia today.

К-MAX

Posted by admin in Helicopters on February 28, 2016

• Twin-engined ‘flying crane’ • Single-seater • Intermeshed rotors

harles Kaman launched his helicopter company in 1945 when he was 26 years old. The K-MAX is the latest product from this now elderly trailblazer. The last living aviation pioneer of the 20th century, Kaman’s principal contribution was the intermeshing rotor arrangement that dispenses with the need for a tail rotor. This arrangement is used on the K-MAX, known as the ‘aerial truck’, a machine capable of lifting almost 3 tonnes.

Kaman K-MAX

Sales in Europe ^

Helog of Switzerland became the first European K-MAX operator in May 1995. when this colourful example was delivered. Others have boon delivered to Franco and Sweden.

◄ Versatility

Without a tail rotor, tv K-MAX is able to manoeuvre into tight spots otherwise inaccessible to conventional holicopter designs.

МШКД

К-MAX

A Slim profile

In this view of a Helog aircraft with an understung toad, the slim frontal profile of the design is seen. Angled cockpit windows give the pilot an oxcellont view.

A Connecticut factory

Pilots are trained using ex-military Kaman HH-43F Huskie helicopters. H-43s have a similar Intermeshing rotor system.

◄ Prototype N3182T

In December 1991 the first K-MAX took to the air. This aircraft consisted of the basic airframe structure without a tailplane and fins.

> The K-MAX was originally known as MMIRA (pronounced ‘Myra’) for Multi – Mission Intermeshing Rotor Aircraft.

► The US Navy evaluated the type for uso In resupplying warships at sea.

>■ In 1996 the price for one of theso
helicopters was S3.5 million.

The K-MAX was the first helicopter structurally designed for repetitive external lift operations.

>• Production rate at Kaman’s Connecticut factory in 1996 was six per year.

► Kaman claims a 20-year life for K-MAX1* airframe, at 1,000 hours per year.

PROFILE

K-MAX

Type: • йоді…-soar external mi «ttermcsTung-rotor helicopter

Powerplant: one i 18-Kvv (i. soo-hp.) AJi>odSignal T53-17A-1 turboehaft flat ruled to 1007kW(t.350hp.)

Maximum speed: ’85 Km/h pi5 m. p.h) clean; 148Km/h(Wrnpnj wanoxtomal load

Service ceiling: 7620 m (25.000 ft.) at 2722 kg <6.000 to.) weight m standard atmospheric (ISA) conditions

Weights: operating empty 2132 kg (4,690 lb), maximum take-otf 2721 kg (6.000 lb,) without lettisonaWe load. 5216 kg (11.475 lb.) with oxtornn) load

Dimensions:

rotor dameier (each) 14 73 m (48 ft. 4 m j length overall 15.85 m (52 ft.)

wheel track 3.56 m (1 1 It. 8 In.)

whodbaso 4.11 m (13 ft 6 In )

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ACTION DATA

MAXIMUM HOOK CAPACITY

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Logging by K-MAX

OPERATION ROANOKE: As pan of Kaman’s »*• tw. iing, iwo pilots from logging helicopter ЧЖга1’1 ‘ooh part m a five-day tost in Wginia

SUCCESS: Onfy 90 minutes of unschodiriod mamtonanco was nxxnmd aftor tho test. Kaman claims that, at a rate of 30 return logging sorties per hour, tho K-MAX will have an airframe Me of 20.000 fight hours

MARCH 1994 TEST: Selectively cut trees over an area Ы

162000 m (531.360 sg. tl.) of inaccessible niHsxJe were fcttod out in 40 hours of operaixxis in sub-zero temperatures

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