Erickson has began testing with a new composite blade for their S64/CH54B helicopters!
Erickson expects to finish testing and certify them by summer to 6 months. The new blades is designed to significantly improve aircraft performance, particularly fuel burn and payload capability at altitude. It is also aimed at development of a single main rotor blade that can be installed on four different derivatives; the CH-54A/B and the S-64E/F
These helicopters looks killer 😅!
They’re sick! Before I went to my current company I was with Erickson and we had the crane come to Alaska. It’s a beast!
Out of curiosity, what does it usually carry?
Cargo wise?
You name it lol fires it has a tank which is what you typically see on it
Doy ou have them at your current job?
No =(
I wish though!
So it’s a fire fighter?
Here’s the crane with its ferry equipment
Its a heavy lift machine. It can carry houses, oil rigs equipment ect it’s also used for fire fighting
Aha, I see! I was confused for a second…
Houses? Holy smokes! What’s the weight limit on this? LOL.
It has a 20,000lbs lifting capacity!
Wow, that’s crazy! Though here’s my question, isn’t there a better fire fighting helicopter than that? Or is this the best one?
Define better lol
It’s all in operational cost and if it’s a valuable resource
I mean like one that has a bigger tank and more agile. That helicpoter doesn’t really look like one that would be good for fighting for some reason, Idk though.
It does amazing and has been proven effective! It’s really impressive the Aussie love it
This topic was automatically closed 90 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.