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UH-1 Huey and Messerschmitt Me-262 trivia question

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UH-1 Huey and Messerschmitt Me-262 trivia question
Posted by eaglecentral on Monday, September 8, 2008 10:27 AM

Both of them fly and both of them made history in their respective plan forms, however, my trivia question is:  Besides the obvious that I opened this paragraph with, what does the UH-1 helicopter and the Messerschmitt Me-262 have in common?

Although the UH-1D and UH-1H are physically very similar, I'd always tell them apart by looking for the pitot tube.  If it was up on top it was an H, if it was up front it was a D.  However, the real difference between the D and the H is the engine.  The D model had a T53L-11.  The H model had a T53L-13. These engines could be twins except that the -11 only had 825 shp while the -13's had 1100 shp.  If you don't think this matters much, try taking off over the concertina wire at Trang Bang with seven troops onboard in a UH-1D.

ANSWER to the trivia question:  Both aircraft had engines designed by Anselm Franz.  That's right, Mr. Franz designed both the Jumo 004 and the Lycoming T53.  By the way, the pitot tube on the Me-262 is out on the wing somewhere.  Ain't history great?

 

  

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  • From: phoenix
Posted by grandadjohn on Monday, September 8, 2008 4:36 PM
That is interesting. Also your trick works until the D was uprated to an H. Also there is no way I know of to tell a C from a M without looking at the data plate.
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Posted by Retired Gunpilot on Monday, September 8, 2008 6:54 PM

Nice trivia, but do not bet on the difference between the H and D being the pitot tube position. I flew many a H in my days that had nose mounted Pitots. The roof mounted pitot was not a model change but a maintenance update. Granted all H's that came off the factory floor had the roof mounted pitot, but the D's that were converted to the H's retained the nose mounted pitot in some cases until they went to the boneyard. The pitot upgrade on the existing fleet was a MWO, if my history is remembered correctly, which did not necessarily get applied automatically when the aircraft were converted from D's to H's.

Charlie

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