Heliqwest Kaman K-1200 K-max C-FMGM
Urs Meier
Jarek Kalemon
Darko Maretić
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Operator: Heliqwest - C-FMGM
Aircraft: Kaman - K-1200 K-max
Airport: Canada - Campbell River Heliport, BC (CCR6)
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Photo taken on 2018-2-1 by Jetzguy [Contact]
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Photographer's remark
(30.3.2018, 18:09 CET)
HeliQwest Helicopters arrived from Alberta to begin a heli-logging contract. Their two K-1200 K-Max helicopters have a routine lift capacity of 6,000 lbs but in cold dry air at sea level they can lift close to 9,000 lbs on a very low fuel load. Amazing lift for a machine that is powered by a similar engine to the Bell 205. These machines are fitted with a hydraulic pump that powers a large grapple on the end of a 200 ft long line. You can see the extra external hoses along the side of the helicopter. The pilot flies into active logging areas and grabs logs with the grapple. They are then carried to a drop area on land or in the ocean. Normally these logging areas are very remote and on steep hillsides making this an cost effective way to get the timber to market. There were only about 38 of these machines built with 30 or so still flying in the world so they are rare and hard to find for spotters! In 2017 Kaman started building these machines for the first time since 2003. They are in the process of building 20 more helicopters for about 6 million each!
1 flyer1
(30 March 2018 - 23:23 CET)
Nice info Jetzguy, I will order one with my wife's debit card !
2 Jetzguy
(31 March 2018 - 05:57 CET)
Not after the camera incident I would think lol! haha
3 Jetzguy
(29 June 2018 - 19:45 CET)
Dimitry, My sincere thanks for such nice comments! With only 32 or flying they are rare and hard to find. Most are in North America but they
are flying all over the world. K-MAX aircraft re-opened the production line in 2017. The
new build machines have been ordered by customers from around the world including China,
Europe and North America. The aircraft is currently in use firefighting, logging and
flying other missions requiring repetitive aerial lift capabilities. The U.S. Marine Corps
has two unmanned K-MAX UAV aircraft developed with Lockheed Martin. These aircraft
successfully supported the U.S. Marine Corps in Afghanistan for thirty-three months from
2011-2014 carrying more than 4.5 million pounds of cargo. Additional unmanned firefighting
and humanitarian missions for K-MAX® are also being developed and tested. As for
photography locations in Canada....6,000 plus km coast to coast. You never run out of
places to shoot :-) Cheers from Canada.
