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Forum: Military Aviation

22nd Jun 2017, 14:34

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What do you think will come after Puma

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Posted By Fareastdriver

The Puma: 330,332.332L2 and 225 are dead. ...

The Puma: 330,332.332L2 and 225 are dead.

The project department in Airbus , or whatever it will be called, will be working overtime to design a medium lift helicopter to replace them. They final...

Forum: Military Aviation

19th Jun 2017, 15:17

Replies: 94

What do you think will come after Puma

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Posted By Fareastdriver

Karmov know more about contra-rotating rotors...

Karmov know more about contra-rotating rotors then anybody and they have never made a big one.

Forum: Military Aviation

31st May 2017, 12:11

Replies: 94

What do you think will come after Puma

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Posted By Fareastdriver

It helps if you can get a battalion in position...

It helps if you can get a battalion in position in less than two days.

Forum: Military Aviation

30th May 2017, 20:31

Replies: 94

What do you think will come after Puma

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Posted By Fareastdriver

The biggest mistake with the Puma 1/2 conversion,...

The biggest mistake with the Puma 1/2 conversion, IMHO, was the omission of the single wheel undercarriage. Having flown both the 330 and the 332, 3,000/9,500 hrs. I am a world authority on heavy...

Forum: Military Aviation

29th May 2017, 15:18

Replies: 94

What do you think will come after Puma

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Posted By Fareastdriver

I think that you can forget any variation of the...

I think that you can forget any variation of the Puma; i.e. the 225. It's a 1966 concept with its fuselage designed to go into the back of a Transall or on a SNCF truck which is why it is so low and...

Forum: Military Aviation

29th May 2017, 08:33

Replies: 94

What do you think will come after Puma

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Posted By Fareastdriver

a quick fix on the 225 would to be the 332...

a quick fix on the 225 would to be the 332 gearbox; restrict the engines to 1800 shp and the Max to 9,000 kilos.

Forum: Military Aviation

28th May 2017, 19:18

Replies: 94

What do you think will come after Puma

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Posted By Fareastdriver

Flying at max continuous cruising torque within...

Flying at max continuous cruising torque within 90% of maximum weight..

It beats the hell out of a helicopter. When the BV234 came into service the Boeing engineers could not believe the...

Forum: Military Aviation

28th May 2017, 13:14

Replies: 94

What do you think will come after Puma

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Posted By Fareastdriver

A bit difficult. From Wiki. In...

A bit difficult. From Wiki.

In service with the 332 Super Puma in 1980.

I saw the first 'Super Puma' with Makilas in 1977. It was one of the original six prototype 330s with the flat Huey...

Forum: Military Aviation

27th May 2017, 09:19

Replies: 94

What do you think will come after Puma

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Posted By Fareastdriver

I would guess that the replacement is already a...

I would guess that the replacement is already a drawing board project. The primary aim is to make it as expensive and complicated as possible.

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