Wile E. Coyote
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Anyone know what the weight of a Huey tailboom by itself is?
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Weight of UH-1D/H Tailboom?
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jasonjc
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I would not think more than a couple hundred pounds.
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"By itself" could have many definitions and specifications.
Are we talking Structure and Skin ONLY;
Structure, Skin, Tail Rotor Drive Components;
Structure, Skin, Aft Wire Harness and Electrical Components (Light, etc.);
or other combinations and mutations.
I'm reminded of the movie PHENOMENON....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHDSNs9wBpU
Oh, I almost forgot the Access Covers and Panels and their attaching hardware - Installed or Removed, Bob?
Are we talking Structure and Skin ONLY;
Structure, Skin, Tail Rotor Drive Components;
Structure, Skin, Aft Wire Harness and Electrical Components (Light, etc.);
or other combinations and mutations.
I'm reminded of the movie PHENOMENON....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHDSNs9wBpU
Oh, I almost forgot the Access Covers and Panels and their attaching hardware - Installed or Removed, Bob?
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I did upload the -10 Tm here a while ago if that could be useful?
https://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?165349-Tm-55-1520-247-10
https://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?165349-Tm-55-1520-247-10
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Jericho
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enough to use a ten k forklift and the lifting jig or 6 big Army dudes. It’s awkward
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Like mentioned, what do you mean “by itself”?
Vertical Fin and Horizontal stabilizers?
Gearboxes?
T/R Driveshaft?
Control tubes?
Wiring?
Etc........
Look in the -10
It should be in there.
Might not break it down as far as you need it, but will give you a starting point.
I haven’t hardly looked at the UH-1H -10 since flight school.
Vertical Fin and Horizontal stabilizers?
Gearboxes?
T/R Driveshaft?
Control tubes?
Wiring?
Etc........
Look in the -10
It should be in there.
Might not break it down as far as you need it, but will give you a starting point.
I haven’t hardly looked at the UH-1H -10 since flight school.
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for what its worth , I was a huey mech. in nam and we carried them around by hand. took two guys but wasn't bad. that usually didn't include the tailrotor gearbox assembly
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Just curious... Is that a USGI Standard "Two Guys" or South Vietnamese Standard ... They are like comparing apples to apricots.
Just saying... The typical American GI draftee in VN was a 19 year old, 120-pound kid with minimal body fat and typically pretty durable.
But the TWO GUY standard really doesn't define the tail boom weight (whose actual description is still pretty blurry).