deeknow wrote:Holy Cow !!!!! .. "everyones favourite theme park ride" .. can say that again
No idea it was such a capable machine, how are those crazy front-over-stall-thins they were doing, amazing !!!
Amazing aye ..... and just to bore you 100%
General characteristics
Crew: three (pilot, copilot, flight engineer)
Capacity:
33–55 troops or
24 litters and 3 attendants or
28,000 lb (12,700 kg) cargo
Length: 52 ft. fuselage, 98 ft 10 in. with rotors[102] (30.1 m)
Rotor diameter: 60 ft 0 in (18.3 m)
Height: 18 ft 11 in (5.7 m)
Disc area: 5,600 ft2 (520 m2)
Empty weight: 23,400 lb (10,185 kg)
Loaded weight: 26,680 lb (12,100 kg)
Max. takeoff weight: 50,000 lb (22,680 kg)
Powerplant: 2 × Lycoming T55-GA-714A turboshaft, 4,733 hp (3,529 kW) each
Performance
Maximum speed: 170 knots (196 mph, 315 km/h)
Cruise speed: 130 kt (149 mph, 240 km/h)
Range: 400 nmi (450 mi, 741 km)
Combat radius: 200 nmi (370.4 km)
Ferry range: 1,216 nmi (1,400 mi, 2,252 km[103])
Service ceiling: 18,500 ft (5,640 m)
Rate of climb: 1,522 ft/min (7.73 m/s)
Disc loading: 9.5 lb/ft2 (47 kg/m2)
Power/mass: 0.28 hp/lb (460 W/kg)
HamiltonWest wrote:Thanks Ham .... the late night man.
Posted:
Wed Dec 10, 2014 11:01 pmby Ian Warren
I saw two off these do a mirror dance, super impressive to watch .. up down screwed around and almost exact repeat from the other.
Posted:
Thu Dec 11, 2014 9:49 amby Charl
Wow who'da thunk a Chinook would want to do all that stuff??
Perhaps a bit like like putting a donkey into a dressage ring
There was a moment when he pulled 6g into the stationary hover, and the footage started to look like the lead-in to a crash movie...
Thanks for pairing the clips, Marty, great find.
Of course, when I see clips like this, I am irresistibly drawn to my flight simulator, to have a go...
music .