Talk:Westland Wasp
Latest comment: 9 years ago by MilborneOne in topic First generation
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question... edit
This photo suggests the helicopter has just two non-folding blades, rather than a larger number of blades, that fold for storage.
Did the Frigates have a hanger?
The Beartrap (helicopter device) system allowed large Sea King helicopters to land on relatively small vessels, even in bad weather. The article says this was the first helicopter to be designed to land on Frigate sized vessels. So, presumably it predates the beartrip system? So, how well did these helicopters handle bad weather?
Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 16:17, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
- One of the questions - if you look at real images (rather than an artists impression) in the article the Wasp has four blades. They had a folding tail unit and folding rotor blades. MilborneOne (talk) 22:00, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
First generation edit
How can a 1960's helicopter be called first generation? It is at least second.Royalcourtier (talk) 05:58, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
- The use of "generation" in most aircraft articles is probably misleading as it is not really defined, removed. MilborneOne (talk) 09:31, 6 April 2015 (UTC)