Erickson Skycrane Doing What It Does Best !

En ecuador provincia de los ríos hay dos retro escabadora enterrada no la pueden alar tres máquinas y veo este video que un elicoptero que eleva algo pesado lo podría ayudar

I was a CH54 Skycrane flight engineer in Vietnam, picking up many combat support payloads in 1968, a superior heavy lift helicopter, many thanks Sikorsky for designing such a vital and great aviation asset for the Military

Worked with these guys 25 years ago at GM plant in N.J.
The helo was called The Incredible Hulk 🤣🤣😀👍
Was about 15 degrees w / ice and snow on the ground .When ole boy fired up those engines the ice blowin felt like small needles hitting my face, pilot said engines had 70,000 h.p.
Felt like my face was being sandblasted 😀👍👍👍👍🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶

Some friends and I were kayaking on a river and one of these was flying full stems of trees across the small canyon to a landing. Amazing to see the huge logs swinging right there above us and the water being churned from the rotor wash. Incredible power. Not to mention pilot skill.

Wonder what max load is?

Why does it start with cyc left?

Why is the right hand engine mounted slightly higher than the left ?

This is how pyramids were built......................

Why is the rotor head canted several degrees to the right?

It surprises me it has the same lift as a CH-47.

Canada needs these

It's hard to comprehend just how big these aircraft are. A friend of mine parked his EC135 beside a Skycrane that was fighting bushfires here in Australia and took a photo for comparison - the tail rotor of the sky crane was fully half the diameter of the EC135's main rotor.

Can someone explain to me why the rotor on these and some other helicopters is tilted to one side? Is it to counter a natural torquing force or does it offset gyroscopic precession in a way that corrects a handling characteristic? Or maybe something else?

On April 2, 1975, Toronto's citizens gazed up in amazement as Erickson's S-64 Air Crane® helicopter, named Olga, completed the CN Tower by placing 39 pieces of the tower's antenna into place, officially making it the world's tallest free standing structure of that time.

Way More cost , From What a K-Max Can Do, I Think.

Very cool

Gobbles fuel ,needs truckloads of parts takes 18 men to maintain and can be out buckeyes by a kmax

Any one got a spare from the day i saw it I wanted one

For some reason these birds as well as the Vietnam era Hueys always reminded me of
Dragonflies.....and those giant B52
bombers remind me of our American Bald Eagles....

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When I was in the military, this was the CH-54 Tarhe, manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft. Was able to get a breif hop in one with a South Dakota Army Guard unit. I got to sit in the rear-facing compartment, and of course, since I was there, there was no load being hauled. Years after the Army retired the Tarhe, Erickson purchased the type certificate and manufacturing rights from Sikorsky Aircraft. The rest is history.

the music pick for this vidio is not all that great but a good vidio.

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I know that I've seen perhaps this very same Skycrane flying around S. Dallas, because about 15 years ago, while out taking pics of bluebonnets, we saw a bright-orange Skycrane at work...what an amazing piece of equipment

Ничего лишнего. Даже створок капота на двигателях нет. Зачем лишний вес возить?

Good Talent Work Thanks

To fly is heavenly, to hover divine. Rotary wing aviation there is simply no substitute. FLY NAVY!!!

Very high quality footage! Thanks for posing!

this looks almost exactly like one seen on wall of inside pyramid ? Is this what they used to build the pyramids???

Variable temperature and altitude conditions all affect operational efficiency.
She’s to windy today skipper we gotta scrub.

I got to see one of these in action, in Atlanta, back around 2016. The heli itself is an incredible piece of engineering. But, the skill of the pilots is a story unto itself. I watched these guys hover a heli near a building, while crews bolted the lattice work up. One wrong move could kill someone and these guys pulled the maneuver off FLAWLESSLY.

Those are Trane air cooled centravac units. I can’t believe I remember that from eons ago.

What is the maximum weight it can lift?

yeah no thanks. i rather watch someone lift thousands of pounds into the air with that thing then to be that person. call me a baby all you want. 😂

I worked with them! They installed boxcar sized HVAC units on the roof of a building just North of O'hare airport. Des Plaines Illinois, 1991

Looks like a wasp dangling it’s legs

Empressive as it seems... The Sky Crane is capable of lifting things a lot heavier than this. I used to be a truck driver. I would haul two of these units at a time. One unit weighs about 8 tons.

One of my favorites. Last one I saw was heading to a fire in Idaho. They always remind me of a big noise'y Dragonfly.

I remember seeing these "mosquitoes" at Fort Sill as we passed by when I was young. Around 1970 ish it was so cool

I'd like to see one of these cranes in action.

It’s basically two engines with a hook

There is nothing on this machine that does not serve a purpose. Everything is designed for functionality with no extra stuff. An amazing machine.

Busy, Buzz, Buzz

We used the ch-54 at Pleiku in1969 to bring back from a jungle crash an a1-h skyraider from the 6 th sos where we worked as crew chiefs. I have some photos of me and Charlie O Brien unhooking the choppers hoist cable from the acft.Our Army Aviation partners were awesome .

Imagine the lift capacity if it had the Dodge Tow Mirrors.

When I was in the military, this was the CH-54 Tarhe, manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft. Was able to get a breif hop in one with a South Dakota Army Guard unit. I got to sit in the rear-facing compartment, and of course, since I was there, there was no load being hauled. Years after the Army retired the Tarhe, Erickson purchased the type certificate and manufacturing rights from Sikorsky Aircraft. The rest is history.

All i can say is these pilots and operators are brave has to be the hardest helecopter to navigate

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I'm not sure if they have an 'hourly' rate,,,,,I believe it depends on many variables encountered in each project. I'm sure the AES project managers would be happy to speak with and provide answers as to cost per project. Their contact information is in this video. Thanks for your time in watching, and good luck with your project !