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Why don't they pick H225M Caracal?
by bolololo1 9y ago
Why don't they pick H225M Caracal?
- ju-st 9y agoH225M MTOW: 11t CH-53K MTOW: 38t
- ethagknight 9y agoThe CH-53 is a massive helicopter. CH-53K has 2x the rotor area as the H225M, and its over 50% taller, longer.
- microcolonel 9y agoH225M: (Empty Weight - MTOW) ≅ 5650kg CH-47: (Empty Weight - MTOW) ≅ 11500kg CH-53: (Empty Weight - MTOW) ≅ 23300kg
- lstodd 9y agoMi-26: (MTOW - Empty Weight) ≅ 27800kg
- DoveBrown 9y agoAs far as I can tell Eurocopter don't have a heavy lift helicopter. Does anyone know of any development program they were running to make one?
- dgregd 9y agoThis scrap is not flying. French army has them and 75% of them are broken. They don't repair them because of high maintenance costs. https://www.latribune.fr/entreprises-finance/industrie/aeronautique-defense/aeronefs-militaires-il-faut-que-ca-vole-florence-parly-761224.html https://www.latribune.fr/entreprises-finance/industrie/aeron...
- bolololo1 9y agoSo looks like a good choice that Polish government cancelled the deal to buy them