Easy way to transport your Mule

[AceHigh]

Just saw this photo and realized this makes a real easy way to transport a Mule. All you need is a UH1H and a few crew members. Easy, right?

 

[quickfarms]

I would just sling it

 

[AceHigh]

I wonder who thought this is a great idea. It must have been a real task to get that thing in there.

 

[kubotaman]

LOL, Must of been a real task. I wonder why the didn't sling it?

 

[swbradley1]

Capacities being equal for weight which way is safer? Inside the aircraft, not dangling below it. Slinging something below changes how you fly.

 

[FloridaAKM]

That penduleum effect on a slung load has caused the load to go up into the blades & brought the chopper down. Think dumping used blades in the ocean to get rid of them during wartime by sling loading them & dropping them..

 

[clinto]

That penduleum effect on a slung load has caused the load to go up into the blades & brought the chopper down. Think dumping used blades in the ocean to get rid of them during wartime by sling loading them & dropping them..

Chickenhawk is probably one of the best books ever written about VietNam. So well written.

 

[FloridaAKM]

Good call! I even met the author @ a book signing many years ago!

 

[M813rc]

The aircraft is also much faster and more maneuverable with a vehicle inside, than swinging underneath. Think "exposure to ground fire". That's why the Marines kept the M151 in service long after the Humvee came into the inventory. We could carry a couple of jeeps inside our CH-53's (yes, we called M151's jeeps, small j) quite easily, then blast along right over the trees.

Also, remember that a lot of things like putting a Mule inside a Huey were done purely for fun and for the photo. Remember turning someone's VW or Pinto sideways in a parking spot when you were in high school? (Make that horse/chariot/wagon for some of us older guys, Fiat or equivalent for the younger folk).

Cheers

 

[M813rc]

Well, this was apparently done more than once with a Mule!

Cheers

 

[The Auto Shop teacher]

When you look at that mule it has a tow missle launcher with NO wide tires or fender extensions. I highly doubt it would have fit inside that Huey if they did.

 

[M813rc]

Agreed.
Most of the TOW Mules I have seen in 'service' pictures are using the standard wheel setup, haven't found an 'in service' shot of the wide wheel setup yet.
As a new Mule owner, I've been looking a lot recently.

Cheers

 

[The Auto Shop teacher]

When you look at both pictures, I would guess it is the same helo and mule. I suspect they were proving the concept and here are two photos of the same event.

 

[savagebrother]

We loaded ours out like that couple of times, flew it to the big island that way once, just to show we could. Most of the time I would load it in the back of a deuce an a half and sleep on it on the ride out to where ever our LZ was at.
It was a huge time saver, it hauled everything we needed plus our own butts. Otherwise we would have had to hump a lot of chit!!!
SB

 

[F18hornetM]

The aircraft is also much faster and more maneuverable with a vehicle inside, than swinging underneath. Think "exposure to ground fire". That's why the Marines kept the M151 in service long after the Humvee came into the inventory. We could carry a couple of jeeps inside our CH-53's (yes, we called M151's jeeps, small j) quite easily, then blast along right over the trees.

Also, remember that a lot of things like putting a Mule inside a Huey were done purely for fun and for the photo. Remember turning someone's VW or Pinto sideways in a parking spot when you were in high school? (Make that horse/chariot/wagon for some of us older guys, Fiat or equivalent for the younger folk).

Cheers

If memory serves me, we could fit [3] MRC109s or MRC110s in a CH53. Those are just communication M151's . And yes we called them jeeps to, early 80's

 

[Abbylind]

When you look at both pictures, I would guess it is the same helo and mule. I suspect they were proving the concept and here are two photos of the same event.

Looks like different birds..second bird has black camo on it... cant see if it has the same external gun mounts