Talk:Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhe

S-64 civil split
I have split the information on the civil version of the S-64 from the CH-54 Tarhe page to the "Erickson S-64" page, which I then renamed S-64 Skycrane. The Erickson article was very skimpy in its coverage. I felt it would be better to cover the civil versions of the S-64 on one page than to have them split between two pages. I have also created the Erickson Air-Crane article to cover the company itself, tho at this point it is mostly a copy of the "Erickson S-64" page from before the merger. All 3 articles still need reworking and expansion, especially the company page. - BillCJ 19:39, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Payload
I'm confused: The Article says 9 tons – but shows a picture of a Tarhe lifting a Sheridan tank, which according to the Sheridan Article weighs over 15 tons. What's up with that? --BjKa (talk) 23:41, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
 * This is likely a lightened M551 to around the 14 ton or less weight. Later versions of S-64s/CH-54s could use four points to carry from 10 tons up to 12.5 tons. So I was told. I don't see the one local ex-CH-54 pilot I know, but you could ask Erickson. 143.232.210.150 (talk) 22:43, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

In the movie Apocalypse now it is even depicted an Huey that holds a patrol vessel, but it's frankly impossible, as those boats weighted around 18,000 lb (!!!) Strange, really. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.11.0.22 (talk) 12:32, 7 December 2016 (UTC)


 * A lot of Sheridans ended their days as gunnery targets, that one may well not have an engine in it. The boat being lifted in Apocalyse Now is probably a fibreglass replica of their real one, most likely because they were worried about damaging the real one: they might not even have realised that the Huey couldn't possibly have lifted the boat if it was real. Bones Jones (talk) 21:40, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
 * The PBR was written to be lifted in by a Chinook. But there was a falling out with Donald Rumsfeld, who wanted control of the script before promising any US support (and the US had the Chinooks). So instead, everything was supplied by the Filipino military, as Marcos was easier to flatter than Rumsfeld. This meant a supply of Hueys and Loaches, a shortage of Cobras and no Chinooks. I guess they stripped weight from a hull to do it? Take the armour and the engines out, and that's a lot gone - they're not a heavy hull. No more than a prop mould. Also the Huey was lifting more by those days and they might even have had a twin engine Huey to play with. Andy Dingley (talk) 22:30, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

Good image
DE wikipedia has a good image:

File:Sikorsky Skycrane carrying house bw.jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.46.109.233 (talk) 10:00, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 06:09, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

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