HeavyArty Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 (edited) Sikorsky is marketing its latest version of their Hawk family, the S-70Ii "International" that it is selling to other countries. What is intersting to me is that it is a -60M fueslage and still comes with open exhausts. It looks pretty interesting and would make a really cool model...Floyd...Kitty Hawk, hmm. Edited May 8, 2020 by HeavyArty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hawkwrench Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Armor-alled tires? Really??? I guess the US doesn't want international customers to have the UES. Tim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 3 hours ago, hawkwrench said: I guess the US doesn't want international customers to have the UES. Tim Nah, there are many foreign countries that have the UES installed. I'm guessing that for non-tactical applications like search and rescue, general utility, etc. there is no need for the UES, which undoubtedly cut into fuel economy and add a bit more maint costs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moses_pl Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 (edited) In Poland, where it is produced and offered to our services, we call it Biedahawk - Poorhawk. This is an economical, stripped down, civilian version compared to the UH-60M. Nevertheless, it has already been purchased by the Polish Police and by the Special Aviation Squadron supporting Polish special forces. Edited May 9, 2020 by Moses_pl Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 6 hours ago, Moses_pl said: In Poland, where it is produced and offered to our services, we call it Biedahawk - Poorhawk. This is an economical, stripped down, civilian version compared to the UH-60M. Nevertheless, it has already been purchased by the Polish Police and by the Special Aviation Squadron supporting Polish special forces. Makes sense for the police version not to have UES, always thought it was strange to see US law enforcement Hawks with HIRSS but I assume it wasn't possible / cost effective to remove the suppressors and retrofit the old open exhaust. Am surprised to hear that the Special Forces variant has open exhausts. One would think this would be mandatory for military special ops units. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tgoetz Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 The USCG MH-60J has those open exhausts also...just saying...Kitty Hawk. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HeavyArty Posted May 10, 2020 Author Share Posted May 10, 2020 (edited) On 5/9/2020 at 9:23 PM, Tgoetz said: The USCG MH-60J has those open exhausts also...just saying...Kitty Hawk. Yes, but the fuselage, rotors, etc. are completely different. The open exhaust is about all they share. Kitty Hawk is supposed to release an SH-60F soon, which is the same basic fuselage and rotor system as a USCG HH/MH-60J/T. Keep your fingers crossed they will also do the USCG version. Edited May 16, 2020 by HeavyArty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anvil6 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 On 5/8/2020 at 12:31 PM, hawkwrench said: Armor-alled tires? Really??? NEVER EVER armor all the tires, that is a big fat jinx for sure! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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