Helikopter - Sikorsky CH-53K med store problemer - Prosjektet kan bli skrinlagt i US Army - Tyler Rogoway

Sikorsky Ch-53 K King Stallion og CH-47 Chinook

Det er ikke mye å velge mellom når US Army skal ha store helikoptre. Gamle, gode CH-47 Chinook seiler opp som eneste alternativ.

The Warzone rapporterer følgende  feil og svakheter ved Sikorsky maskinen: 

“The Program Office is working a major schedule revision,” that report explained. There is a “need to correct multiple design deficiencies discovered during early testing. These include:  airspeed indication anomalies, low reliability of main rotor gearbox, hot gas impingement on aircraft structures, tail boom and tail rotor structural problems, overheating of main rotor dampers, fuel system anomalies, high temperatures in the #2 engine bay, and hot gas ingestion by the #2 engine, which could reduce available power.”