Quick question for rotor guys (or anyone)

Kritchlow

Kritchlow

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A while back I was in.... Can't remember the airport.. It's the one in Alabama near the race track.
Anyway, I saw the strangest helicopter I have ever seen. It had two main rotors side by side. Each were slightly canted outward, and when rotating the blades meshed liked gears. It was truly a sight to see.

Does anyone have the name and a pic of that helicopter??
 
Kritchlow said:
A while back I was in.... Can't remember the airport.. It's the one in Alabama near the race track.
Anyway, I saw the strangest helicopter I have ever seen. It had two main rotors side by side. Each were slightly canted outward, and when rotating the blades meshed liked gears. It was truly a sight to see.

Does anyone have the name and a pic of that helicopter??
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HH-43 Husky perhaps?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaman_HH-43_Huskie

John
 
Kritchlow said:
A while back I was in.... Can't remember the airport.. It's the one in Alabama near the race track.
Anyway, I saw the strangest helicopter I have ever seen. It had two main rotors side by side. Each were slightly canted outward, and when rotating the blades meshed liked gears. It was truly a sight to see.

Does anyone have the name and a pic of that helicopter??
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Any chance it was an Osprey?
 
SkyHog said:
Any chance it was an Osprey?
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Negative... It looked almost like something out of science fiction. The rotor masts came out of the top almost like slanted antennas on a Martian. You would swear the blades would hit, as most of the blade span overlapped. It just meshed like gears.
 
If I had to guess I would say it could be Soviet??
 
Kaman. Heavylift working helicopter.
 
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Pretty sure that's it... Would like a front view to see rotor masts better.
 
The pilot controls blade pitch with tubes running inside the mast and rotor blades to move servo flaps that pitch the blades,[9] reducing required force and avoiding the added weight, cost and maintenance of hydraulic controls.[6]


The production line was shut down in 2003, but may restart if the U.S. Marine Corps orders more autonomous K-MAXs.[12]

An unmanned mostly autonomously flying, optionally remote controlled and optionally piloted vehicle (OPV) version, the K-MAX Unmanned Multi-Mission Helicopter, was developed for hazardous missions. It can be used in combat to deliver supplies to the battlefield, as well as civilian situations involving chemical, biological, or radiological hazards. A prototype of this was shown in 2008 for potential military heavy-lift resupply use,[17] and again in 2010.[18]
 
Kritchlow said:
A while back I was in.... Can't remember the airport.. It's the one in Alabama near the race track.
Anyway, I saw the strangest helicopter I have ever seen. It had two main rotors side by side. Each were slightly canted outward, and when rotating the blades meshed liked gears. It was truly a sight to see.

Does anyone have the name and a pic of that helicopter??
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K-Max, used for logging.
 
Thanks everybody... That's it. The craziest looking thing I've ever seen with the rotors spinning.
 
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