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
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These helicopters looks killer 😅!
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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!
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Out of curiosity, what does it usually carry?
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Cargo wise?
You name it lol fires it has a tank which is what you typically see on it
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Doy ou have them at your current job?
No =(
I wish though!
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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…
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Houses? Holy smokes! What’s the weight limit on this? LOL.
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It has a 20,000lbs lifting capacity!
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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?
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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.
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It does amazing and has been proven effective! It’s really impressive the Aussie love it
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