ryoder 1,590 #1 August 31, 2011 This really got me curious: http://www.skiloveland.com/chair4/ I finally identified it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaman_K-MAX"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
futuredivot 0 #2 August 31, 2011 AN-2?You are only as strong as the prey you devour Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #3 August 31, 2011 Quote AN-2? Considering the stall speed of an AN-2, and the kind of winds Loveland often gets, an AN-2 might not be a bad choice for vertical lifting jobs there."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
godfrog 2 #4 August 31, 2011 Take a look at the Kaman Husky, that would be an exellent jump heli!!! It has a rear door like a Skyvan and also holds altitude records!!!Experience is a difficult teacher, she gives you the test first and the lesson afterward Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dzjunky77 0 #5 August 31, 2011 Kman Kmax. Worked for Mountain West Helicopters that had 2 of them and Grizzly Mountain Helicopters that had 1! 7 years altogether working around that ship. 7,000 pound lift depending on heat of the day and alti. one of the quietest heavy lifting heli's I been around compared to the S-61, Boeing107, Skycrane, Hughes super 204 and 205, and the CH-234 Chinook! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #6 August 31, 2011 Did you ever do work putting netting up on the mountain-sides along I-70""There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dzjunky77 0 #7 August 31, 2011 Got to ride in a Kman back when I was working for Skyline helicopters Back doors "yes" and I remember the long jet exhuast over the top of the tail. Of course the Kman Kmax replaced it some years ago. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dzjunky77 0 #8 August 31, 2011 No it was all helicopter logging. Im 3 generation helicopter logger. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
godfrog 2 #9 August 31, 2011 Quote Got to ride in a Kman back when I was working for Skyline helicopters Back doors "yes" and I remember the long jet exhuast over the top of the tail. Of course the Kman Kmax replaced it some years ago. __________________________________________________ There is still one working near to where I live in LaClede Idaho.Experience is a difficult teacher, she gives you the test first and the lesson afterward Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sacex250 0 #10 August 31, 2011 Quote Kman Kmax. Worked for Mountain West Helicopters that had 2 of them and Grizzly Mountain Helicopters that had 1! 7 years altogether working around that ship. 7,000 pound lift depending on heat of the day and alti. one of the quietest heavy lifting heli's I been around compared to the S-61, Boeing107, Skycrane, Hughes super 204 and 205, and the CH-234 Chinook! Okay, I give! What's a Hughes Super 204/205? If someone told me they were using 204's and 205's as logging helicopters, I'd be thinking Bell Hueys.It's all been said before, no sense repeating it here. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dzjunky77 0 #11 August 31, 2011 My mistake...I meant Huey's edit to add: A super 204 is the frame gets shorten up and other mods. done to it for more lift like take the armour seat out and beef up the power units. Not sure what all they beef up though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dzjunky77 0 #12 August 31, 2011 Last time I say one was in Troy, Montana flying logs for Miller logging. Not sure what company it was flying the ship but man what a interest bird when ur up close and take a ride in! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingJ 0 #13 September 1, 2011 Anyone know if any of these are carded for wildland fire work? On all the fires I've been on throughout the country I haven't ever run into one of these. Seems like it would be perfect if it's not already in use.Killing threads since 2004. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #14 September 1, 2011 Quote Got to ride in a Kman back when I was working for Skyline helicopters Back doors "yes" and I remember the long jet exhuast over the top of the tail. Of course the Kman Kmax replaced it some years ago. I was just looking at an HH-43 on display at Hill AFB last weekend and thinking what a bitchin' jump ship it would be.I like the looks of that heavy lift Karmen, super sleek with huge rotors. It certainly is optimized for lifting heavy sling loads. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dzjunky77 0 #15 September 2, 2011 Tom Woody owner of Woody Helicopter logging has his on a fire outside Salmon, Idaho from what I here. (Kman Kmax) that is. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dzjunky77 0 #16 September 2, 2011 If I remember right when I worked for Skyline Helicopters and at an alti. where we were logging they were pulling turns of logs off the mountain side at about 4,000 pounds at a time.Only in the morning but it went down to 3,200 pounds mid day. They are pretty neat to watch fire up at the service landing as well as its big sister Kman_Kmax (rocking back and fourth as one rotor turned clockwise and the other turned counter clockwise).. Kman was a smooth ride. I hooked logs under a Kman Kmax for a weekend and you could tell when u got a heavy log turn on them......the polit radioed to you how much it weighed........voice would be a bit shaky from the load. But still the quietest ship (both) I've been around. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
