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You better be afraid of a ghost!!
"Woody you were baptized in prop wash"..crossfireoops
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I don't think I ever saw one of these, Woody. Were they any good?
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Sam they were used for fire suppression with a strapped on big container of retardant ..Mainly crash response in case of inbound emergencies such as hung ordinance,gear malfunction,engine fires etc..Yes they were good always glad to see them in standby mode just in case.
You better be afraid of a ghost!!
"Woody you were baptized in prop wash"..crossfireoops
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You could get a little epilepsy from watching thing warm up.
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Remember them quite well. Dad was in the Air Force, they followed us everywhere, and even followed me to Nam. They illustrate quite well what happens when the engineers get drunk. 😁
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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Remember them quite well. Dad was in the Air Force, they followed us everywhere, and even followed me to Nam. They illustrate quite well what happens when the engineers get drunk. 😁 LOL
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It's bigger brother, the K-Max, can lift almost twice it's weight.
Pretty cool.
Single seater though.....they would strap a lawn chair to the outside for the instructor to sit in.
Seems kinda drunk-ish.
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I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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24 hours of maintanance for every 1 hour of flight time.
When the tailgate drops the BS stops.
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I think the Russkies have something that looks like that but is bigger with contra-rotating rotors…. K-27?
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Yup. They had them at Laredo AFB in 1970 when I was in flight training. They had crews on alert whenever any flight activity was going on, as part of the Fire Dept Crash unit. If anybody declared any kind of emergency, they'd fire up and hoist the fire bottle (a red sphere about a yard in diameter) and fly near the runway, just in case. I always pitied the poor firefighter in back who had to don his full silver fire suit every time - even when it was 110 degrees on the ramp.
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Rotor blades were made of laminated wood. Interesting design.
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WTF the instant I saw it. "How does that work?" Figured they were timed, never considered timed and counter rotating.
Is all of that complexity an advantage over a 4 bladed rotor?
Guessing not, since it's not commonly used. Even by the military.
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The last time I saw a Kaman in the air it was being used as a cropduster. Many years ago.
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I thought you meant these type of Zoomies !
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The two counter rotating blades cancel out each other's torque, eliminating the need for a tail rotor. Whether that's two steps forward and one step back or two forward and three back is apparently open for debate.
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A transmission problem is never good, bet it's really bad on one of those.
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I thought you meant these type of Zoomies ! Spark plugs optional.
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There is a Kaman working the Tunnel 5 fire today, but it identifies as an airliner. Bruce
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