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Shots of an HH-53 Heli VERY close to my house (Read 678 times)

Reply #15 - Dec 13^th, 2004 at 2:54pm

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Exactly. As I pointed out earlier, the main difference between the S-55 & S-58 is the powerplant. The S-55 is piston-engined & the S-58 is gas-turbine powered.

I think that may be too much of a generalisation as I think the S-58s were radial powered too (See the H-34 above...).

The other main difference with the S-55 and S-58 is the rear fuselage/tail boom, high set on the 55 (trying very hard not to say Whirlwind!) and large and chunky on the 58 (trying very hard not to say Wessex!)...

Until today I hadn't noticed how similar they were...

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Reply #16 - Dec 13^th, 2004 at 2:58pm

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Whatever it may be, those are great shots 10_Gs Wink

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Reply #17 - Dec 13^th, 2004 at 3:02pm

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Whatever it may be, those are great shots 10_Gs Wink

Quite. Must have been quite a tedious job shuffling back and forth all day...

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Reply #18 - Dec 13^th, 2004 at 3:10pm

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I think that may be too much of a generalisation as I think the S-58s were radial powered too (See the H-34 above...).

Ah OK. Looks like I was mistaken. This is where the confusion sets in. I was thinking of the Westland versions. I believe I'm right in saying that all versions of the Wessex were gas turbines.

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Reply #19 - Dec 13^th, 2004 at 5:46pm

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I'm more of a plane-freak myself, so I don't know a lot about helicopters, can you tell? Tongue

I found (what I thought was) the model for FS 2004 so I assumed it was the same thing. Anyway, lots of good info in this thread to educate me Grin

I am also intrigued by the repetiveness of this job. Its one the thing to takeoff, fly, then land an hour or more later, but this guy had to constantly be considering the ground, and lining up everything right for 4-5 solid hours.

P.S. I found the website of the transport company: http://www.5state.com/

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Reply #20 - Dec 13^th, 2004 at 5:58pm