Paintchips,
We got to see a the beginning stages of blade construction when we visited. The Titanium spar looks alot bigger without the skin on it. I hope Sikorsky is still making 53 blades, because the stick actuators aren’t perfect. Maybe you were there for family day a couple of years ago and remember a 53 that people kept asking if we brought it there to get rebuilt.
Semper Fi,
Chris
I was there for family day, they are building 53e blades as fast as they can and we are in the beginning stages of a new 53X blade… i will just leave it at that.
I believe the guys called her the hanger queen she was in there for so long
Paintchips,
Yah, I bet they do know each other. It’s also a small world.
I see Sikorsky just bought Keystone Helicopters.
No, that’s not my last name. [:)]
I’m currently working on the following kits in the following scheme.
Revell 1/32 BK-117
University Hospitals Medevac 1 (Cleveland, OH)
University Hospitals Medevac 2 (Cleveland, OH)
Med Flight of Ohio #5 (Columbus, OH)
Revell 1/32 EC-135
Med Flight of Ohio #3 (Columbus, OH)
HKCW 1/72 S-76A+
Angel One (Little Rock, AK)
Scratch Projects. (Long over due)
1/30th Bell 222/230
1/40th S-76B
1/28th S-76A
Also in the process of making casting molds and vacuum molds for making exetrnal oxygon tanks and radar nozes for the BK and EC.
Casting molds to convert non-air medical BK and EC to air medical.
Custom decal artwork for the above that will be ALPSed or color lasered.
By the way, how do you post pictures on this forum?
Here’s some pics. I just added some new piece parts. More coming soon.
The S-76 and 222 are needing a lot of scratch building.
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/johneagle777/album?.dir=6063&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3A//photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos
I’ll be adding helicopter photo’s too.
Here’s some Medevac pics. (Walk around)
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/johneagle777/album?.dir=ac1a&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3A//pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/johneagle777/my_photos
Here’s my pin collection too. Someone asked me about this.
http://www.hometown.aol.com/johnsengr/
Cheers,
John
It’s O.K. except when you have to change tail rotor drive shafts (getting the washer stack up right for the drive coupling bolts can be a tedious affair) or when you have to crawl into the tail boom to rig control cables in the middle of August in Louisiana.
The company I work for uses them to haul folks out to oil and gas rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. While we are getting newer versions of this aircraft, we still have plenty of the S-76 A s in the fleet.
Some people liked working on them, but I prefered working on Bell 206s, 212/412s, and 214STs.
Jonathan Primm
Keystone right, hmmmm. i believe they have a few plants across the country. I really can’t comment on that yet, i need to get more information. But it could definitly shift business. I will have to check the photos tonight, can’t get them on the work pc. Not sure on posting pictures with this forum, i am still a newbee to the FSM forum.
Jonathan, good points about the aircraft. Bell does have a huge share of that market and the S76D is planned to change that. and hopefully the tail won’t be as tight. but my feelings is that it will.
great posts everyone, John i will get back to you on the pics. with your explanations of what you are doing i imagine they are excellent
Have a good one,
Nate