Piasecki Directional Control Power
The initial note that started this thread brought up what I thought was an interesting question, that being: what was the design point for the directional control capability for this YSH-60B?
My thought was that putting a thruster on the Seahawk is an interesting engineering exercise, but that machine operates in an environment where the pilot needs a lot of directional thrust capability. The straight ahead, one "G " maximum performance take-off case does not by itself at all define the directional thrust requirements.
So, does anyone know what this thruster is designed to do?
John Dixson