Heavy Helitac

rambler318 · Post by **rambler318** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 8:56 am

I belive this is what is being trialed this summer.

Pretty awsome peice of kit with close to 4000 lt per drop

http://www.carsonheli.com/wildfire.html

Post by **Tyranus** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 9:32 am

sweet doubles as a general rescue chopper.

Post by **gkoutlis** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:43 am

You'll find that those sorts of Helitacs - are getting old - arn't they the choppers they used in the UK - for Search and Rescue in the RAF??

WPXZBP · Post by **WPXZBP** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 4:01 pm

Yep, the RAN had them too. Westland made them and they were called the Sea King. They replaced the old Westland Wessex helicopter. One crashed in Indonesia in 2005 delivering humanitarian aid. They will eventually be replaced by the NHI (Agusta, Eurocopter & Stork Fokker Aerospace) MRH/NH90.

chrissss · Post by **chrissss** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 5:27 pm

so are they using it out there this season??

looks good though.

chris

rambler318 · Post by **rambler318** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:06 am

chrissss wrote:so are they using it out there this season??

looks good though.

chris

I believe there will be an announcement by FESA sometime mid this month

Post by **Always RX** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 3:06 pm

N7011M is currently on the ground at Helicopters Australia and appears to be undergoing preparations for deployment.

wasaint · Post by **wasaint** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 6:51 pm

lets see how many LT windows this thing can blow out over summer hate to be caught in the drop zone on a full load !

wasaint · Post by **wasaint** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 8:08 pm

Anyone able to get anypics of this chopper at helicopters aus

Post by **Tyranus** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 8:17 pm

wasaint wrote:lets see how many LT windows this thing can blow out over summer hate to be caught in the drop zone on a full load !

From the Darlington Collar tank team, that will be running the tank for it, the idea is to have the small choppers in where all the crews are and doing assett protection stuff, and for that big one to be doing the stuff where it's not an immediate threat but does need to be knocked out, and probably also right in the middle, if it's really big.

kylep · Post by **kylep** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 9:25 am

Some higher-res images located at:

http://www.jetphotos.net/showphotos.php ... &view=true

http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.s ... rch=N7011M

Ausrob · Post by **Ausrob** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 2:54 pm

Always RX wrote:N7011M is currently on the ground at Helicopters Australia and appears to be undergoing preparations for deployment.

A video of this particular helicopter can be found on their website

http://www.carsonheli.com/video.html

Post by **Always RX** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 5:35 pm

Test flew this morning, sortie was around an hour in length, callsign "Helitac 767"

Antt · Post by **Antt** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 9:55 am

Official FESA launch is this Friday at south Perth mid afternoon might be a good photo op for those enthusiasts out there.

Cant wait for them to come online, Kalamunda is the first SES unit to be trialled for the new "helitaks task force' (my words not theres) help maintain the water pick ups and keep the area safe when they have to pick up with water for there next drop.

Post by **Always RX** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 8:15 pm

"Helitac 767" flew a bushfire attack exercise today at Yanchep pine plantation..the sight and sound of this thing airbourne is simply awesome.