Originally Posted by
Self loading bear
K-max cockpit
It looks massiv, square bulky but when you add a pilot it all comes into proportion:
I worked alongside the first K Max to work fires in NSW , and the most difficult thing for a 'regular' helicopter driver to accept was the single pilot with spectacular view from either side. Excellent Helitack machine, shifted heaps of litres onto the fires. I believe they're now also being used to develop unmanned load delivery for the Military in the USA.