Piasecki Helicopter Corporation HUP- 2 Retriever cockpit. Introduction. In response to a request made by the US Bureau of Aeronautics in. Piasecki Helicopter Corporation (Philadelphia, USA) started. This base. could be a small ship with a helicopter platform, large aircraft. USS Saratoga. carrier with the HUP- 2 Detachment in the Mediterranean and the North. Atlantic) or coastal airports. This maneuvers manual helps pilots visualize concepts learned in flight training and incorporate the Practical Test Standards into every maneuver. Schweizer 333TM Helicopter Light Turbine-Powered Multi-Mission SCHWEIzER 333TM HELICOPTER TECHNICAL INFORMATION. UNPARALLELLED PREPARATION 2017 Test Prep Choose your method of study with books, DVDs. FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR INSTRUMENT Practical Test Standards for AIRPLANE and HELICOPTER 2010 FLIGHT STANDARDS SERVICE Washington, DC 20591. The Instrument Rating Practical Test Standards (PTS) book is published by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to establish the standards for instrument rating. The request resulted in the design by. Piasecki Helicopters Corporation of the Model PV- 1. HUP- 1 Retriever (US Navy), UH- 2. B (HUP- 2) Retriever. US and French Navy), UH- 2. A (H- 2. 5A) Army Mule (US Army) and the UH- 2. C. (HUP- 3) for the Royal Canadian Navy (Boeing Vertol Division, 1. Missions and Milestones. Boeing Publ. SB 6. B, USA, 2. 8 p.). From 1. 94. 9. until 1. HUP- 1 tandem- rotor helicopters were designed and. ![]() Navy's first Anti- submarine Warfare (ASW) helicopters. However, as the. HUPs proved to be underpowered for this task, the ASW equipment was soon. HUP- 2 helicopters were used in the Korean war from 1. FAA Instrument Rating Flight Training Requirements Email: [email protected] WEBSITE: http:// ADDRESS: 4233 Santa Anita Ave., #13. 2 FLIGHT SAFETY FOUNDATION • HELICOPTER SAFETY • MARCH–APRIL 1999 four seconds. Although these mean values represent what can reasonably be expected, design. Just Flight present this popular General Aviation helicopter add-on for FSX and FS2004. The aircraft is supplied with a set of unique tools to customise and enhance. ![]() HUP- 1 helicopter hovering above. US Navy aircraft carrier (from Boeing Vertol. Division, 1. 96. 8. Missions and Milestones. Boeing Publ. SB 6. B, USA, 2. 8. p.). The HUP- 2 Retriever was constructed for the US Navy from 1. Later versions incorporated a modified Sperry. A- 1. 2 autopilot (indicators located at bottom center of the HUP- 2. HUP- 2 helicopter landing on. US Navy aircraft carrier (image courtesy of Ed Manuel). After 1. 95. 1, the US Army also used this helicopter for. The Army HUP was designated as the H- 2. A Army Mule (7. 0 of. Only 1. 9 HUP- 3 helicopters of the total of 3. France (Aeronavale) and Canada (Navy). HUP. helicopter production stopped in 1. I would like to thank Ed Manuel, Robert (Bob) Morris and Albert. Al) Carrato (MCPO Retired, U. S. Navy) for providing me with. HUP- 2, its navigation and communication. During the Korean War Bob. Morris was an electronics ground officer (ensign fresh out of OCS with. EE degree) assigned to HU- 2 Lakehurst in 1. Ed Manuel was one of the pilots who flew the. HUP- 2 in the 1. 95. Al Carrato was an AT- 2 and flew as a. HUP- 2 close to end of its service. NAAS Port Isabel in 1. He also flew the P4. Y2 Privateer as a. HU- 2 squadron at NAS Lakehurst, N. J. Ed Manuel finished 1. Flying multi- engined aircraft as a flight engineer to become a. Fly blimps. Become a photo- reconnaisance pilot, or. Fly helicopters. The last option seemed the most attractive and Ed went into a. Bell HTL- 4 helicopters at. Ellyson Field in Pensacola. Later during his training he switched to the. HUP- 2, and briefly the HUP- 1, which had hydraulic control boosts on the. The HUP- 1 also had an autopilot installed, but pilots were. Because helicopters in training never flew at high. Ed only used it once (probably up to the instructor), when he was. During training the pilots were also exposed to flying the. HUP with the boost system turned off, which was not something anyone. General arrangement of the. Piasecki HUP- 2 helicopter (source: HUP- 2 Flight Handbook, 1. Most of Ed's training flights were in the HUP- 2, which had electric. HUP- 1. helicopters. According to Ed, the hydraulic boost system of the HUP- 1. HUP- 2 was lousy. Bob. Morris remembered that his squadron had a big HUP- 2 retrofit sometime. Bob left active duty in 1. Ed became. apparent. After finishing training, Ed was assigned to the HU- 2 squadron at. NAS Lakehurst, N. J. All HUPs then, and for at least several years. Because of the low inertia of the wooden. HUP collective down stop was set below the position for. HUP different from all other. Just one more thing for the pilot to pay attention to in. According to Ed, emergency autorotations. The following. applies to helicopters with reciprocal engines without engine rpm. In a practice autorotation the pilot never loses rotor. This is because as he lowers the. RPM needles on the dual tachometer (see image below) split and. The real world, where the. A finite time is required for the pilot to analyse what is. HUP. While analyzing what is going on (probably sudden. The. Navy specifications for demonstrating autorotation characteristics in. Ed does not know about. HUP, but he does know that some helicopters had to get a deviation. The lower than usual collective down stop in the HUP did. HUP because of the. Ed left the Navy in September 1. Sperry. He is the second aircraft pilot ever to land on a nuclear. UH- 2. 5A Army Mule in flight. Boeing Vertol Division, 1. Missions and Milestones. Boeing Publ. SB. 6. B, USA, 2. 8 p.). The first landing of a helicopter (HUP- 2, Bu. No 1. 30. 02. 4) on a. Nautilus submarine. The HUP- 2 was also the first helicopter to land on a nuclear. Nautilus submarine). Prof. Ed Manuel was. Forgotten First for America's first nuclear- powered ship (Acrobat. PDF file). It was written for the celebration of the 5. HUP- 2 helicopter on the Nautilus. A. ceremony was held at the Nautilus museum to celebrate the event on. August 4, 2. 00. 5. The document can also be viewed in html at www. The pilots that carried out these daring landings were Marvin. Alexander (first landing) and Ed Manuel (second landing). They were. both accompanied by crewman John H. Fenlon, who therefore landed twice. The challenge of landing on the sub's narrow. Ed, because he already knew that. HUP's landing gear. Ed's squadron. the Helicopter Utility Squadron 2 (HU- 2) was based at NAS Lakehurst. New Jersey, and furnished all helicopters and crews to the entire. Atlantic Fleet. Their activities included plane guard rescue for. Reading this document gives you a very nice impression what flying in. HUP- 2 meant in these early days of helicopter development! The. document also contains some nice pictures of the HUP- 2 and of the. Nautilus. Marvin Alexander, the pilot who made the first aircraft. Navy (2. 8. years) and flew every helicopter they had during that time. His tour. following HU- 2 at Lakehurst was as a helicopter instructor in. Pensacola. Both Ed and Marvin now live on Jekyll Island, Georgia. Vintage promotional scale models of the US Navy Piasecki HUP- 2. Retriever (top) and the US Army UH- 2. Army Mule (bottom). Both models made by Topping. Inc. in the early 1. I am looking for rotor blades and stand to complete the Navy. If you have any or have such a HUP- 2 model in better condition. H- 2. 5 Army Mule. Greg Barbiera. HUP- 2 rescue helicopter at NAAS Port Isabel, Texas. As an AT- 2, Al Carrato was stationed at Naval Auxiliary Air Station. NAAS) Port Isabel, TX, from 1. He flew as a crewman in am. International Orange coloured HUP- 2 and had been assigned to this. So he could do the job that. Apart from his HUP- 2. IFF equipment. ARC- 2. As crewman in the HUP- 2. Padre Island. Even though Al Carrato was enlisted, he flew as a co- pilot. HUP- 2. He was probably the only enlisted co- pilot. This was done out of necessity when the question arose, after. Because the base Executive Officer. HUP- 2 pilots (we had two crew members) he ordered. Al to begin training to fly the helo. Initially he was not allowed to. Al and the junior pilot. The idea. was that if something happened to the pilot Al could get the HUP- 2. The two HUP- 2s at NAAS Port Isabel flew guard duty. Gulf and shooting at banner targets towed. Technical aspects of the HUP- 2. Power plant. Power to the HUP- 1, HUP- 2 and HUP- 3 helicopters is supplied by. Continental R- 9. R- 9. 75- 4. 6 or R- 9. A air- cooled, nine cylinder. Wright tank engine). Continental R- 9. HUP- 2 helicopter (image courtesy of Marcel Crettet). The engine is located within the fuselage aft of the fuel cell and. It simultaneously drives two three- bladed rotors through. The rotor blades of the. HUP- 2 are of either wood or metal (later versions) construction. Fuselage and crew. The fuselage is of all- metal, stressed skin construction. The. cockpit incorporates side- by- side pilot seating with the pilot seat on. Presently, the command pilot's seat is on the right. The HUP cabin can be fitted with troop seats or. The minimum crew required to fly the helicopter safely, under. A co- pilot, rescue hoist. Illustration of a Navy HUP- 2 rescue operation (source: HUP- 2 Flight. Typical loading of the HUP- 2 is 4. According to. Marvin Alexander, the HUP was by far the best- designed helicopter ever. This because it was the only helicopter. Normally the crewman in a HUP operated the hoist, but if required the. If needed to help someone into. In all other rescue helicopters, the. Ii is. difficult to imagine how that would work for a rescue at sea when the. Communication & navigation equipment. The communication equipment listed in the NAVWEPS AN 0. HCA- 1. flight handbook for the HUP- 1, HUP- 2 and HUP- 3 helicopters (1. The. following equipment was installed in the HUP- 2. AN/AIC- 4 Interphone system for communication between crew. AN/ARC- 1 VHF command system for two- way voice communication. AN/ARC- 1. 2 UHF command system for two- way voice communication. AN/APX- 6 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) for identification. Bob Morris was well aware of the serious weight constraints of the. HUP- 2. The air- cooled Wright tank engine in the HUP- 2 was obviously. Weight considerations. Bob. Morris and his team were always under the gun to keep weight down. The standard radio was the ARC- 1, VHF, 1. In 1. 95. 3 the fleet was. UHF, with the standard radio being the ARC- 2. UHF, synthesized, 1. Bob remembers the ARC- 2. When Al Carrato flew the HUP- 2 in 1. ARC- 2. 7 was indeed. HUP- 2s at NAAS Port Isabel. Early 1. 95. 0s postcard of a Navy HUP- 2 helicopter landing. Postcard has. inscription "Oct 1. Lakehurst NAS" (image courtesy of Bob. Morris). BUAER apparantly found a UHF set, ARC TYPE - 1. The. NAVWEPS AN 0. HCA- 1 flight handbook for the HUP- 1, HUP- 2 and HUP- 3. H- 2. 5A model. but not in the HUP- 2. It fit the ARC- 1 rack and used the ARC- 1 control. A tech rep. brought some over and showed Bob's group how to align it. The team put. one in a HUP- 2, but after the first landing (most are not like silk. Bob can visualise one in a fighter carrier landing) the thing went. It was swapped out for a different one but they all.
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