Night Owl Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robertone139 Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 The long toothed and grossly overpaid Cyclone is nothing but an adaptation of the S-92, a civilian derivative of the S-70 ( H-60). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britman Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 Should have been Merlin's. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 On 3/6/2020 at 6:15 PM, Britman said: Should have been Merlin's Merlins are hoofin....in another galaxy with correct support. Mind you they have speed and legs and high maintenance...hmm sound dodgy to me 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britman Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 I thought Merlin's were originally ordered for Sea King replacement. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1903flight Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 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? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troffa Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 I've had a search and can only find some rather expensive desk models of the S-92. As variants come into service (including Marine 1, the US Presidential Fleet) perhaps someone will produce an injection moulded kit. https://www.modelbuffs.com/mpm/uploadsm3v2/Sikorsky-S-92-Bristow-M3-1-Model.jpg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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