The aircraft was typically powered by a Wright R1820 radial engine of 1,525 horsepower. The aircraft was employed in a wide range of missions from passenger service, troop transport, medevac, supply, and for a short time as a gunship in Vietnam. The aircraft was rugged, versatile and adaptable for duty in a wide range of environmental and operational conditions.
Features and Options:
- Very detailed flight deck
- Pilots’ seats have photo-etched harnesses
- Positionable flight deck windows
- Web seats in the main cabin have photo-etched seat belts
- Nose doors are positionable to reveal engine bay
- Positionable main cabin door
- VERY detailed R1820 with cooling shrouds and exhaust ducts
- Photo-etched grilles around engine compartment
- Main cabin detailing is very nice with cabin sidewalls molded separately from fuselage halves
- Rear of the main cabin open into detailed rear fuselage
- Vented rear of doghouse is incredibly molded with see-through venting
- Tail can be posed folded or flight-ready
- Main rotors molded with gravity sag
- Main and tail struts equipped with emergency flotation system
Markings for Three Examples:
- HSS-1N (SH-34J), 147990, HS-7, AV/51, USN
- H-34, 4-04, Italian Navy
- HSS-1N (SH-34J), 145694, HU-1, OP/43, USN