Hughes 500 Little Bird
This ‘huey’ (cvpigunguy 2021) is my entry for soukas challenge, hope you like it!
Wiki stuff:
The successful Hughes 500/MD 500 series began life in response to a U.S. Army requirement for a Light Observation Helicopter (LOH).[3] Hughes' Model 369 won the contest against competition from Bell and Hiller. The subsequent OH-6 Cayuse first flew in February 1963.
The 500 series design features shock-absorbing landing skid struts, a turboshaft engine mounted at a 45-degree angle toward the rear of the cabin pod, a fuel tank cell under the floor and the battery in the nose. The engine exhaust port is located at the end of the cabin pod underneath the tailboom. It has a short-diameter main rotor system and a short tail, giving it agile control response and is less susceptible to weather-cocking.
Hughes won the U.S. Army's LOH contest with its OH-6 helicopter by submitting a very low and aggressive price per airframe (without an engine). Due to rising prices, the U.S. Army later re-opened the contest, where Hughes offered the machine at a more realistic price, but was undercut by the redesigned Bell OH-58 Kiowa (military JetRanger). OH-6 helicopters were still ordered by the U.S. Army, though at a much reduced number.
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Specifications
Spotlights
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General Characteristics
- Predecessor Bellow 100 part Challange [CLOSED]
- Created On iOS
- Wingspan 29.8ft (9.1m)
- Length 33.6ft (10.2m)
- Height 11.1ft (3.4m)
- Empty Weight 4,392lbs (1,992kg)
- Loaded Weight 5,878lbs (2,666kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 6.241
- Wing Loading 182.0lbs/ft2 (888.8kg/m2)
- Wing Area 32.3ft2 (3.0m2)
- Drag Points 3649
Parts
- Number of Parts 82
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 364