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May 12^th, 2009 at 11:51pm

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Does anyone know if the OH-6A NOTAR is made today, or if production of the model was stopped, or what. If you don't know what this heli is, it is a Hughes OH-6A Cayuse fitted with a NOTAR tail.

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Reply #1 - May 13^th, 2009 at 9:19am

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Do you mean the MD520? As far as I know, I've never heard of a OH-6 NOTAR, Hughes aircraft doesn't exist anymore.

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Reply #2 - May 13^th, 2009 at 10:43am

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I thought it was also the MD520, but I found this:

http://www.aviastar.org/helicopters_eng/hughes_500-notar.php

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Reply #3 - May 13^th, 2009 at 11:07am

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No, it is not the MD 520N. The only change to this OH-6 is that it has a NOTAR tail and has a pointed nose.

Picture:
http://www.aviastar.org/foto/hughes_500-notar.jpg

If you look at the picture, you can see that the tail of the 520N and OH-6 NOTAR are different. There are also a few other differences I have found.

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Reply #4 - May 13^th, 2009 at 5:09pm

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While I know the differences tailwise, I'm sorry I couldn't be more help to you.

I checked hovercontrol.com and found this:
http://64.34.169.161/cgi-bin/ifolio/imageFolio.cgi?img=0&search=OH-6&cat=all&boo...

"The second built OH-6A s/n: 65-12917, which was used at the end of the '80's for the NOTAR-test-programm. Unfortunatly there is no NOTAR prototype on the fs2004 market including the free ware sections"

Grant it, that was over two years ago. Maybe one day someone will create a FS model of it.

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Reply #5 - Sep 29^th, 2009 at 12:04am

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The OH-6 NOTAR was simply put, a technology demonstrator to show that it could be done. It was used in various flight tests but ultimately it was grounded and the technology was used on the current NOTARs of today. However, it is interesting to note that the NOTAR system was originally a military contract for a quieter, safer, more fuel efficient helicopter. Hope this helps.

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Reply #6 - Oct 3^rd, 2009 at 2:39am

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Don't forget 'less vulnerable tail'... There's no tail rotor that can hit trees, buildings and other stuff

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