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Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone Helicopter


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Has any one seen the new Sikorsky Cyclone helicopter in any scale? beautiful new beast a bit bigger than a Black hawk but looks very similar. I imagine its on the drawing board somewhere.

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If Memory serves my right, the Merlins were ordered as replacements for the Sea Kings and Labradors.  The airframes were to be built in AugustaWestland, but the avionics and role specific equipment (the profitable bit) was to come from Canadian companies and fitted in Canada.  The was a bit of an out cry that that the helicopters had been purchased from Europe and not the USA ( Where is suspect that they would have been fitted with US equipment).  With a change of government in Canada, the order was canceled, and a huge fee paid to AugustaWestland the cancelation. 

 

The Merlins were eventual purchased for the SAR role anyway.

 

I understand the downside of the S-92 was that the transmission was the same as that in the S-70 and and in the large machine it is noisy and there are lots of vibrations? 

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