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by bolololo1 3113 days ago
Why don't they pick H225M Caracal?
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dgregd 3113 days ago
This scrap is not flying. French army has them and 75% of them are broken. They don't repair them because of high maintenance costs.

https://www.latribune.fr/entreprises-finance/industrie/aeron...

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bolololo1 3110 days ago
So looks like a good choice that Polish government cancelled the deal to buy them
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DoveBrown 3113 days ago
As far as I can tell Eurocopter don't have a heavy lift helicopter. Does anyone know of any development program they were running to make one?
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ju-st 3113 days ago
H225M MTOW: 11t

CH-53K MTOW: 38t

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ethagknight 3113 days ago
The CH-53 is a massive helicopter. CH-53K has 2x the rotor area as the H225M, and its over 50% taller, longer.
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microcolonel 3113 days ago 

    H225M: (Empty Weight - MTOW) ≅  5650kg
    CH-47: (Empty Weight - MTOW) ≅ 11500kg
    CH-53: (Empty Weight - MTOW) ≅ 23300kg
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lstodd 3113 days ago
Mi-26: (MTOW - Empty Weight) ≅ 27800kg
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