Today I invite you to know cómo is one of the helicócommercial pteros más biggest in the world to returná to operate in Ecuador for strategic sectorsélogic of the countryís.
At Quito airport I was able to visit one of the helicoptersópteros más that operate in the world, emphasizing that being a commercial civil service, Vertol 234 is the Más grande, but in sizeñor general and for exclusive military use, the Russian Mil Mi-26 is the más big of all.
Having clarified this point, thanks to the invitationón of Airplanes, I was able to visit the cláSico Chinook operated by Columbia Helicopters of the USA.
Chinook Vertol 234, one of the propellersópteros más grande
Sin máI'm going to tell you some of the amazing charactersístatics of this great helicóptero that among its functions, for instance, Eastán the fire fighting tasks, But this is not all:
Don't miss this new Aero Report, where Jorge Montalvo, Ecuadorian commander of this aircraft, tells us many details and curious facts about the Chinook.
The Chinook 234 of Columbia is a helicalót-rotor pteroándem, with turbine engine for transport with categoryía helicóptero originally certified by Boeing in 1981 before the FAA. The type certificate was transferred from Boeing to Columbia Helicopters in 2006.
This is the versionón commercial civil use military CH-47 Chinook.
Operated by Columbia, has the ability to be configured for múmultiple uses, including passenger transport, internal and external freight transport, operations toéextinction areasónumber of fires, chárter, support operations, helic registerópteros, explorationón of petróleo and gas, and infrastructure support.
Characterístatic
- Pesos máximo: 51,000 lbs o 23,133 kgs
- Rank (Max Fuel): 560 nm o 1,037 km
- fuel capacity: 2,000 rooster 7,571 liters
- Consumption: 400 gal/hr o 1,514 litros / hr
- Speed máxima: 150 naked or 278 km / hr
- cruise speed: 120 naked or 222 km / hr
- service ceiling: 18500 pies
- Crewón: two pilots and a mechánico
- Fromárotor meter: 15.9 m x 25.6 m
- Tamañor fuselage: 16 m long x 5 Wide
- Height: 6 meters
- passenger capacity: until 44 people with a cabin crew
- engines: of Honeywell AL5512 engines of 3.750 HP
Afterés will perform some tasks in México, the helixóptero returná al país to start their work for oil and mining companies in the countryís, más the possibility of additional leasing of other equipment of similar natureísticas monún the demand warrants it.
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