Potential Blackhawk Replacement Starts Ground Tests

[Red-Eye-Knight]

https://www.popularmechanics.com/milita ... ement-star

Looks a cool Helicopter.

[toom317]

Can't see that fitting in a Herc.

[tm74sqn]

Would folding rotor blades and each half of tailplane folded forward make it loadable into a C-130? difficult to judge.

[Thunder]

Overall height looks like it would be an issue even for a C17

[Agent K]

I'm assuming that as this is a test/concept aircraft, any operational and production type would be designed and built with the measurements and systems to allow it to meet the requirement.

[Ravendriver2008]

I’m attending International Military Helicopter Conference here in London this week, and the SB-1, Bell V-280 - JVL was discussed on the first day .both from the Director of Future Vertical Lift Cross Functional Team, US Army.

The SB-1 is designated as S-100 and assigned N number albeit in the experimentation category

https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquir ... rtxt=100FV

Cheers

[Sparts99]

I'm assuming that as this is a test/concept aircraft, any operational and production type would be designed and built with the measurements and systems to allow it to meet the requirement.

Exactly. What helicopters now fit inside a C-130?

[bizfreeq]

Well the Blackhawk was designed to do exactly that, fit inside a c-130 as it was a requirement, whether that is still the case for its eventual replacement I don't know

[Sparts99]

I didn't know that. I'm surprised a Blackhwak can fit inside a Hercules.

[stuie492]

https://goo.gl/images/YJqMwa

[JAWS]

I read somewhere that the AH-1 , UH-1 and UH-60 will all fit in a C-130 with the rotor head assembly removed , but an SH-60 Seahawk apparently does not fit .

[Sparts99]

https://goo.gl/images/YJqMwa

Yes I did a search and found that shot too. Did you click through to the forum it came from? interesting reading.