Yacht Helicopters

Hi 'yachtluver',
Yes, there's a thread at:
http://www.yachtforums.com/forums/technical-discussion/4554-helicopters-seaplanes-yachts.html

But you asked for pics of yachts with helicopters, and I will share a few that I have gathered on the 'net.

1-MY Ice (Eurocopter?)
2-MY Ilona (stern Helo-deck)
3-MY Ilona (also storage garage)
4-MY Lady Moura (Sikorsky S76 I believe)

I have three more of the MY Pelorus - next box.

Old One

Here are the three more:

1-MY Pelorus (helo deck on bow)
2-MY Pelorus (also can land on top of bridge!)
3-MY Pelorus ( EC-155 on bow)

Old One

Attessa
Ecstasea
Ilona
Inspiration
Lady Christine
Lady Lola Shadow
Le Grand Bleu
Meduse
Pelorus
Princess Mariana
Starship
Tatoosh
White Cloud
Zemba III

Here's a nice shot of the helicopter from the Lady Lola shadow. Taken in St.Maarten a couple of years ago during the yacht show. We were on my friends 46' Nitro offshore.

Hi,

Here are a few pics of a boat I used to be on that was Heli equipped. Once it sold it was replaced by an rigid inflatable.

Hi guys,

With regards to copyrights, only post your own pictures, or an URL to a photosite or similar where you have found or stored a picture..

Here is Skat with her MD 520N when she visited Stockholm last summer.

Lady Lola Shadow (now named Amevi Surprise) is a 187 foot yacht escort ship that was originally a 180 foor offshore supply vessel (OSV). She was converted and refit in early 2004.

Ron, the bird in question is an MD-500 Notar, an abbreviation for "No Tail Rotor". This is an amazing machine. By *far* the quietest heli ever built, as well as the best yaw authority of any heli in the world, with the possible exception of the military's new LHX.

Stan... will Amevi Surprise be the escort ship for Y701?

Hi Ron,

Just Google "MD500 Notar technology". You should be able to find some links that will explain, but right now... I'm so FAR past tired, I'm sleep typing!

Night all.

Hi,

To remove any doubt , the pictures I posted are my own taken by me whilst working on the boat.

The First Picture was taken in Thailand when I was having a ride in the machine

The Middle Picture was taken in Traceys Arm, Alaska

The Last Picture was taken in Smiths Creek at NQEA in Cairns Australia

Sea Sedan (now called Huntress) was a De Vries Feadship, the Helicopter was an MD 600.

If you look close you will see a rectangle port on the end of the round tail boom,yaw is accomplished by the amount of bypass air allowed to exhaust there from the turbine.

There is also a Russian design,can't remember model that had no tail rotor and no vectored thrust. It simply had twin counter rotating main blades,one stacked above the other.Each rotating in a opposite direction ,canceled out the yaw torque. And of course are troop carriers that have one main rotor in the front and one in the rear also use no tail rotor.

Whoops, hold on a minute! The boom isn't pressurized by the exhaust. There's a seperate fan driven by the engine that draws air in from the top of the boom, near the fuselage. Also, the majority of torque compensation is derived from the Coanda effect of the boom's design, not from vectored thrust.

Hi,

Wdrzal- Is this the machine you were thinking of?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coaxial_rotor

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ka50.heli.750pix.jpg