The first main and tail ... by the CH-53K aircraft's three 7,500-shaft-horsepower GE38-1B engines. The four 10 ft. long CH-53K tail rotor blades have 15 percent more surface area compared to the same ...

Sikorsky’s John Rucci is a Senior Experimental Test Pilot for the CH-53K. A former Marine and Super Stallion pilot, he knows the demands of flying the biggest helicopter in America’s military ...

The four 10 ft. long CH-53K tail rotor blades have 15 percent more surface area compared to the same tail rotor blades on the CH-53E helicopter. On the CH-53K aircraft, the tail rotor blades ...

"These new blades are an important feature of the CH-53K helicopter's ... aircraft's three 7,500-shaft-horsepower engines. Sikorsky is producing all-composite tail rotor blades for its aircraft ...

May 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. , has begun full system testing of the U.S. Marine Corps' CH-53K heavy lift helicopter with all seven ...

The Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion ... exhaust gasses, rotor gears with shorter than expected service lives, and problems with the helicopter’s drive shaft and tail rotor. The King Stallion ...

Scheduled for first flight this year and entry into squadron service in 2019, the U.S. Marine Corps’ (USMC) CH-53K heavy-lift helicopter ... tail-rotor component that attaches the spar, upper skin and ...

May 1 (UPI) -- Full system testing of the CH-53K heavy-lift helicopter being developed ... flying prototype with all seven main rotor blades and four tail rotor blades attached and spinning ...

The CH-53K heavy lift helicopter programme continues to progress, with the aircraft’s seven main rotor blades and four tail rotor blades attached for ... The GTV can measure and verify the ability of ...

The rotor systems are designed to work in unison, connected to the same drive shaft ... fastest helicopter used by the U.S. military, having been surpassed by the "King Stallion" CH-53K.