Cougar S61 In Springbank

[Gary Watson]

I was just leaving Springbank when C-GVCH one of Cougar's S61's dropped in. Didn't see which direct he was coming from and I left shortly thereafter. The 61 is still one of the nicest, best-working helis around (yeah I know beauty is in the eye of the beholder

[Guest bag swinnger]

Those are some expensive blades on that one.

I wonder what benefits some new blades would do for the 64, not that it needs them.

[Gary Watson]

On a closer look it is C-GYCH, VCH is an S92A. I was wondering about the blades, Bags thanks for the info. Also it must be a shortsky although I couldn't find anything on the TC site calling it anything but a S61N, it certainly looks shorter in the front fuselage area. Hard to tell compared to C-GMQF due to paint scheme differences.

[Guest jacdor]

Those are some expensive blades on that one.

I wonder what benefits some new blades would do for the 64, not that it needs them.

 

Those are the Carson's new blades. You get a lot better perfomance out of them than the older metal blades.

 

 

Specifications

 

* A 2,000 lb. increase in lift

* 15 Knots faster at reduced power settings

* Twice the service life (10,000 hours to 20,000 hours) with reduced maintenance and operating costs

* A 15% increase in range, from 400 to 460 Nautical Miles

* Certified by the F.A.A.

* Manufactured by DuCommun AeroStructures, Inc, a company that produces blades for the U.S. Army Apache Helicopter and Bell Helicopters.

 

JD

[old dog]

On a closer look it is C-GYCH, VCH is an S92A. I was wondering about the blades, Bags thanks for the info. Also it must be a shortsky although I couldn't find anything on the TC site calling it anything but a S61N, it certainly looks shorter in the front fuselage area. Hard to tell compared to C-GMQF due to paint scheme differences.

 

Nope, she's a "LongSky".

[Guest jacdor]

Those are the Carson's new blades. You get a lot better perfomance out of them than the older metal blades.

 

 

Specifications

 

* A 2,000 lb. increase in lift

* 15 Knots faster at reduced power settings

* Twice the service life (10,000 hours to 20,000 hours) with reduced maintenance and operating costs

* A 15% increase in range, from 400 to 460 Nautical Miles

* Certified by the F.A.A.

* Manufactured by DuCommun AeroStructures, Inc, a company that produces blades for the U.S. Army Apache Helicopter and Bell Helicopters.

 

JD

 

 

Forgot to mention, very expensive.

 

JD

[Gary Watson]

Nope, she's a "LongSky".

 

Yeah the more I looked at it in other pictures I could see it was a longski in a 90 deg profile vs oblique. The Cougar paint certainly is more flattering than our Dome paint job on MQF

[Gary Watson]

Forgot to mention, very expensive.

 

JD

 

I talked to Frank Carson a year or so ago and he was almost ready with the tail rotor blades and was negotiating with a couple engine OEMs to re-engine the 61.

 

If he keeps this up he could kill the 92 sales -assuming anyone is buying anything at the moment.

[Helilog56]

Those are some expensive blades on that one.

I wonder what benefits some new blades would do for the 64, not that it needs them.

 

They are under development, as we speak.....

[Guest jacdor]

I talked to Frank Carson a year or so ago and he was almost ready with the tail rotor blades and was negotiating with a couple engine OEMs to re-engine the 61.

 

If he keeps this up he could kill the 92 sales -assuming anyone is buying anything at the moment.

 

 

 

If things goes according to the rumor I have heard this summer the S92 is not in danger.

Looks like the army/navy/airforce, one of them anyway will get HH3's out of the mothballs to get re-engine also get the new main/tailrotor baldes.

They have from 60 to 70 airframes (if not more) somewhere and they will bring them back to life with that new technology.

 

That's coming from a US AME I worked with this summer

 

JD