CH-54 Tarhe, A classic weird helicopter (in-shape)

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Lillienpud@reddit

Following up on the Westland Wasp nuculer bomb photo, this is makin’ me Think Bad Thoughts.

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Jessie_C_2646@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/gfhxembcsnmg1.jpeg?width=710&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fed68a4ab21e213145fda2bcfaf6839061332f0b Someone already did.

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Foreign_Athlete_7693@reddit

that's not nuclear, it's thermobaric........

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Lillienpud@reddit

Yes, i know. The misspelling is to emphasize the ridiculousness.

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better known as the skycrane, this thing was a beast. There was a civilian version, and both have been used for some seriously heavy lift projects. Between both versions, about a dozen are still flying and another dozen on display (such as this one, which I'm pretty sure is the one at Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson).

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misterreeeeeee@reddit

theres a civilian one used for firefighting based at my local airport

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fulltiltboogie1971@reddit

Is it at Corvallis?

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TelevisionUnusual372@reddit

99% that’s the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson, AZ.

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fulltiltboogie1971@reddit

That person was referring to a private sky crane used for fire fighting and I know that there used to be one based out of Corvallis Oregon.

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TelevisionUnusual372@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/kzb8jfhfixmg1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e4f61559f4b0da8e2c7cd218d680a57430279ecc This was the Skycrane I was referencing. Looks a lot like that Corvallis one, but then they all tend to look the same.

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OcotilloWells@reddit

I watched maybe the same one fighting a fire in central California. The fire wasn't close, but ithe helo was sucking up water from a pond near me.

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murphsmodels@reddit

I can remember the first time I went to Pima, they had this as their gate arch. You walked under it to enter the museum.

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whywouldthisnotbea@reddit

They come to my local airport in Oregon for practice every once in a while. Absolutely massive behemoth of a thing and to see two flying around at once is maddening. The sound the blades beat into the air can be felt in your chest from a 2/3rds of a mile away.

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SomeJayForToday@reddit

The Skycrane also just looks so good in bright red.

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murphsmodels@reddit

Fun note: Erickson Inc purchased the type certificate and rights to build Sky Cranes, and continues to build them to this day as far as I know.

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Logical-Bowl2424@reddit

We have some in Australia doing good work

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silverwings_studio@reddit

They were bought by heli express or something like that.

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raptorsango@reddit

I saw one in person for the first time in Long Beach, CA last month and positively geeked out. Such a beast!

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DesiArcy@reddit

Yep. They used one in my area a few months ago to install replacement HVAC units on one of the high rise condos in the area. Absolutely huge lift capacity.

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Icy_Huckleberry_8049@reddit

Sikorsky Sky Crane

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R-27ET@reddit

Mil Mi-10

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Icy_Huckleberry_8049@reddit

read all following comments everyone is stating Skycrane

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R-27ET@reddit

You didn’t say that you were stating the name of the plane in the picture you literally just said the name and didn’t type anything else

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Icy_Huckleberry_8049@reddit

so, putting a name with a picture tells YOU nothing?

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R-27ET@reddit

Dude I didn’t have a problem I was just being facetious it’s the internet

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R-27ET@reddit

It’s a Mi-10 copy 🤨😉🤣 It flew two years before sky crane did

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Jessie_C_2646@reddit

Nyet. The [S-60](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_S-60) and the MI-10 were designed at the same time. The S-60's shortcomings led to the development of the concept into the S-64 which is why it flew later than the MI-10 did.

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R-27ET@reddit

Ah I see thanks

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Gramerdim@reddit

it's a skycrane for anyone not familiar with the military designation used primarily for firefighting, not that weird as far this sub goes

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Icy_Huckleberry_8049@reddit

another example of it here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/WeirdWings/comments/1rh9kdx/sikorsky\_s60\_flying\_crane\_carrying\_honest\_john/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button](https://www.reddit.com/r/WeirdWings/comments/1rh9kdx/sikorsky_s60_flying_crane_carrying_honest_john/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)

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Jessie_C_2646@reddit

The S-60 led to this design.

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ThatHellacopterGuy@reddit

Not the same aircraft.

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m00ph@reddit

Kind of a naked predecessor of the CH-53

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Jessie_C_2646@reddit

It's the same dynamic components, just pared down for maximum lift capacity.

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Busy_Outlandishness5@reddit

I so very badly wanted the Revell Skycrane model. It came complete with cargo pod and 105mm howitzer as loadouts --- which you could lift or lower using a string and spool attached to the main rotor assembly. Several of my friends got it as X-mas/b-day gifts, and none of them appreciated half as much as I would have done. Is this perhaps why I now have about 100 unbuilt/partially built plastic models in my basement? (None of them is a Skycrane.)

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