Sikorsky rolls out new CH-53K "King Stallion"

**Slater** · 05-06-14, 07:51

The Air Force is heavily invested in the CV-22 Osprey, but it sounds like the CH-53K would make a heck of a new "Pave Low" variant:

http://www.sikorsky.com/About+Sikors...004f62529fRCRD

**montanadave** · 05-06-14, 08:21

"Get to da choppa!"

Sweet ride.

**Eurodriver** · 05-06-14, 09:20

Does it include the Marine oil-soaking feature that all of the other CH-53 variants in the fleet have?

**Cagemonkey** · 05-06-14, 21:16

Originally Posted by Eurodriver

Does it include the Marine oil-soaking feature that all of the other CH-53 variants in the fleet have?

Was always told, if they ain't leaking oil, get off because they don't have any. lol.

**TehLlama** · 05-06-14, 21:34

Originally Posted by Cagemonkey

Was always told, if they ain't leaking oil, get off because they don't have any. lol.

Yup, sums it up. The payload on those birds is seldom valuable enough to worry about dousing in hydraulic fluid, so money is spent elsewhere.

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