CH-53K King Stallion Lifts F-35C • Sling Load Certification

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Video by Dane Wiedmann F-35 Lightning II Pax River ITF
A non-flyable F-35C Lightning II airframe is flown as part of a CH-53K King Stallion external load certification lift Dec. 13, 2022, at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. The structure is from the first F-35C carrier variant aircraft, CF-1, a former developmental flight test jet from the Patuxent River F-35 Integrated Test Force (ITF). ITF test teams collaborated with Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron One (VMX-1) and a Marine helicopter support team with Combat Logistics Battalion (CLB) 24, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group to conduct the lift. (U.S. Navy video by Dane Wiedmann)
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[@skyserf]

F-35C : I can do Mach 1.6 CH-53K : Do you even lift bro‽

[@HiVoltish]

Friggin hilarious!

[@mysteryY2K]

Track and Field versus Weightlifter

[@jcmount1305]

No engine in the -35, airframe only. Dry weight of a -35 is 22,500 and the F135 engine is 3,750, so that lift is 18,750 lbs give or take. The CH-53K max sling load is 36,000lbs. So in this video the CH-53K isn't even breaking a sweat at 50% of sling load.

[@DOI_ARTS]

F35: Wheeeeeeee......

[@tossedsaladandscrambledegg8576]

I love my Marines! Hey we need to do a load test on our new choppa. Gunny "Hey isn't that the Major's plane?"

[@HiVoltish]

Good thing is, the faster they go, the lighter the load....

[@chobson8602]

masculinity is good

[@AugmentedGravity]

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[@allgood6760]

Cool helicopter 👍

[@viperq]

What a beast.

[@gregmctevia5087]

Great catch.

[@wearewaves3106]

Smooth. I'll take the next delivery pls.

[@thomasairbuspilot]

Some would use a concrete block of equivalent weight to test a brand new helicopter. But not Lockheed Martin!

[@donkoh5738]

Something was very off with that wing though... it clearly wasn't a normal F-35C design wing?!? That said, I'd be more impressed if this USMC King helo was lifting a couple of stacked USMC A-29 Super Tucano to an offshore LHD/LHA ✌

[@hotlavaaaa]

@@donkoh5738 It's missing the folding wingtips. It's also missing an engine.

[@Cartoonman154]

Even though concrete blocks wouldn't have the same dynamics to test.

[@AugmentedGravity]

Only the K can?

[@blackhatch46]

Whats insane is the 53 costs more than the F35...

[@TheViet75]

Safest way to fly an F-35

[@martinsaunders2942]

The MI-26 could probably lift the two together though!

[@damndudewayne8118]

Yeah then end up crashing