apacheguy Posted June 14, 2014 Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 Kewl pic, where did you find that? Imagine taking that thing up to FL180 in IMC.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon64 Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 How many different variants are there of the 60? And what are the differences? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velocity173 Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 How many different variants are there of the 60? And what are the differences?Many, but you'll be restricted to Alphas, Limas, or Mikes. Utility variants[edit]Six UH-60L Black Hawks from B Company "Lancers", 5th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, on an air assault mission in IraqU.S. Army UH-60A MEDEVAC evacuating simulated casualties during a training exerciseYUH-60A: Initial test and evaluation version for U.S. Army. First flight on 17 October 1974; three built.UH-60A Black Hawk: Original U.S. Army version, carrying a crew of four and up to 11 equipped troops.[70] Equipped with T700-GE-700 engines.[71] Produced 1977–1989. U.S. Army is equipping UH-60As with more powerful T700-GE-701D engines and also upgrading A-models to UH-60L standard.[72]UH-60C Black Hawk: Modified version for Command and control (C2) missions.[11][71]CH-60E: Proposed troop transport variant for the U.S. Marine Corps.[73]UH-60L Black Hawk: UH-60A with upgraded T700-GE-701C engines, improved durability gearbox, and updated flight control system.[11] Produced 1989–2007.[74] UH-60Ls are also being equipped with the GE T700-GE-701D engine.[72]UH-60M Black Hawk: Improved design wide chord rotor blades, T700-GE-701D engines (max 2,000 shp or 1,500 kW each), improved durability gearbox, Integrated Vehicle Management Systems (IVHMS) computer, and new glass cockpit. Production began in 2006.[75] Planned to replace older U.S. Army UH-60s.[76]UH-60M Upgrade Black Hawk: UH-60M with fly-by-wire system and Common Avionics Architecture System (CAAS) cockpit suite. Flight testing began in August 2008.[77][78] Special purpose[edit]EH-60A Black Hawk: UH-60A with modified electrical system and stations for two electronic systems mission operators. All examples of type have been converted back to standard UH-60A configuration.[71]YEH-60B Black Hawk: UH-60A modified for special radar and avionics installations, prototype for stand-off target acquisition system.[71]EH-60C Black Hawk: UH-60A modified with special electronics equipment and external antenna.[71] (All examples of type have been taken back to standard UH-60A configuration.)EUH-60L (no official name assigned): UH-60L modified with additional mission electronic equipment for Army Airborne C2.[71]EH-60L Black Hawk: EH-60A with major mission equipment upgrade.[71]UH-60Q Black Hawk: UH-60A modified for medical evacuation.[71][79] The UH-60Q is named DUSTOFF for "dedicated unhesitating service to our fighting forces".[80]HH-60L (no official name assigned): UH-60L extensively modified with medical mission equipment.[71] Components include an external rescue hoist, integrated patient configuration system, environmental control system, on-board oxygen system (OBOGS), and crashworthy ambulatory seats.[79]HH-60M Black Hawk: UH-60M with medical mission equipment (medevac version) for U.S. Army.[71][81]MH-60L DAP special operations variantMH-60S in East TimorMH-60A Black Hawk: 30 UH-60As modified with additional avionics, night vision capable cockpit, FLIR, M134 door guns, internal axillary fuel tanks and other Special Operations mission equipment in early 1980s for U.S. Army.[82][83] Equipped with T700-GE-701 engines.[71] Variant was used by the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. The MH-60As were replaced by MH-60Ls beginning in the early 1990s and passed to the Air National Guard.[73][84]MH-60K Black Hawk: Special operations modification first ordered in 1988 for use by the U.S. Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment ("Night Stalkers").[73] Equipped with the in-flight refueling probe,[85] and T700-GE-701C engines. More advanced than MH-60L, the K-model also includes an integrated avionics system (glass cockpit), AN/APQ-174B terrain-following radar, color weather map generator, improved weapons capability, and various defensive systems.[85][86]MH-60L Black Hawk: Special operations modification, used by the U.S. Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment ("Night Stalkers"), based on the UH-60L with T700-701C engines. It was developed as an interim version in the late 1980s pending fielding of the MH-60K.[87] Equipped with many of the systems used on MH-60K, including FLIR, terrain-following radar, color weather map generator, auxiliary fuel system,[88] and laser rangefinder/designator.[87][89] A total of 37 MH-60Ls were built and some 10 had received an in-flight refueling probe by 2003.[87]MH-60L DAP: The Direct Action Penetrator (DAP) is a special operations modification of the baseline MH-60L, operated by the U.S. Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment.[90] The DAP is configured as a gunship, with no troop-carrying capacity. The DAP is equipped with ESSS or ETS stub wings, each capable of carrying configurations of the M230 Chain Gun 30 mm automatic cannon, 19-shot Hydra 70 rocket pod, AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, AIM-92 Stinger air-to-air missiles, GAU-19 gun pods, and M134 minigun pods.[91] M134D miniguns are used as door guns.[83]MH-60M Black Hawk: Special operations version of UH-60M for U.S. Army. Features the Rockwell Collins Common Avionics Architecture System (CAAS) glass cockpit and more powerful YT706-GE-700 engines.[92][93] All special operations Black Hawks to be moderized to MH-60M standard by 2015.[94]MH-60 Black Hawk stealth helicopter: One of two (known) specially modified MH-60s used in the raid on Osama bin Laden's hideout in Pakistan on 1 May 2011 was damaged in a hard landing, and was subsequently destroyed by U.S. forces.[95][96] Subsequent reports state that the Black Hawk destroyed was a previously unconfirmed, but rumored, modification of the design with reduced noise signature and stealth technology.[18][19] The modifications are said to add several hundred pounds to the base helicopter including edge alignment panels, special coatings and anti-radar treatments for the windshields.[19]VH-60Ns used to transport the President of the United StatesUH-60A RASCAL: NASA-modified version for the Rotorcraft-Aircrew Systems Concepts Airborne Laboratory; a US$25M program for the study of helicopter maneuverability in three programs, Superaugmented Controls for Agile Maneuvering Performance (SCAMP), Automated Nap-of-the-Earth (ANOE) and Rotorcraft Agility and Pilotage Improvement Demonstration (RAPID).[97][98] The UH-60A RASCAL performed a fully autonomous flight on 5 November 2012. U.S. Army personnel were on board, but the flying was done by the helicopter. During a two-hour flight, the Black Hawk featured terrain sensing, trajectory generation, threat avoidance, and autonomous flight control. It was fitted with a 3D-LZ laser detection and ranging (LADAR) system. The autonomous flight was performed between 200 and 400 feet. Upon landing, the onboard technology was able to pinpoint a safe landing zone, hover, and safely bring itself down.[99]OPBH: On 11 March 2014, Sikorsky successfully conducted the first flight demonstration of their Optionally Piloted Black Hawk (OPBH), a milestone part of the company's Manned/Unmanned Resupply Aerial Lifter (MURAL) program to provide autonomous cargo delivery for the U.S. Army. The helicopter used the company's Matrix technology, software to improve features of autonomous, optionally-piloted VTOL aircraft, to perform autonomous hover and flight operations under the control of an operator using a man-portable Ground Control Station (GCS). The MURAL program is a cooperative effort between Sikorsky, the US Army Aviation Development Directorate (ADD), and the US Army Utility Helicopters Project Office (UH PO). The purpose of creating an optionally-manned Black Hawk is to make the aircraft autonomously carry out resupply missions and expeditionary operations, while increasing sorties and maintaining crew rest requirements and leaving pilots to focus more on sensitive operations.[100][101]VH-60D Night Hawk: VIP-configured HH-60D, used for Presidential transport by USMC. T700-GE-401C engines.[71] Variant was later redesignated VH-60N.[102]VH-60N White Hawk: Modified UH-60A with some features from the SH-60B/F Seahawks.[103] It is used for Presidential and VIP transport by USMC. It entered service in 1988 and nine were delivered.[103] 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMH47 Posted July 6, 2014 Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 For they guys in this thread who said they want 58s because they want to fly MH/AH-6s be advised, it matters not what you flew prior to assessment with the Regiment. Just because you had a tail rotor or rockets on your green helo is not a pipeline to the AH6. I was asked if I wanted to fly little birds at my assement and I turned it down, said I wanted to stay in the 47. Out of 16 pilots in my company there are only 4 of us that flew 47s pior. We have mostly 60 and 64 guys and 2 or 3 58 pilots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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