Sea King

Here you go guys, if it’s colour you are after, then the Iranian ones would have to be the best!

The Sea King is still a superb machine for all weather ops in hostile environments, OK it’s fallen behind a few newcomers in finesse and technology, but in a North Sea winter they can fly SAR missions that few other helicopters would attempt. They have a rugged durability and toughness that’s still hard to beat.

Experimental Seaking with Rocket Pod.

The Indian Seaking Mk.42C has a Bendix King RDR1400 nose radar but no maritime patrol radar / no dome at all. Seaking Mk.42Bs don’t have nose radar. The other bumps you see in front are antennae for the Hermes ESM.

Yes, you are right,Mk42B’s don’t have nose radar they have ESM installed,but Mark42C’d dont have rear tail maritime radar(as normally installed on other Westland’s Seakings.

it works normally, thats why operators from India/Germany/Norway they installed additional nose radars for full 360 degrees coverage.

The Indian Seaking Mk.42C has a Bendix King RDR1400 nose radar but no maritime patrol radar / no dome at all. Seaking Mk.42Bs don’t have nose radar. The other bumps you see in front are antennae for the Hermes ESM.

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Unicorn

I was once on hiliday with some friends in Cornwall. As a Sea King flew past I said to my friends 10 year old son “that’s a Sea King” he replied “what’s it seeking?”, this went on for some while before I could explain that it wasn’t seeking anything, at least not at the time!

“only 12°” becomes quite an area at some distance… For close by they don’t need a radar. Some of them have an additional IIR (I think) seeker in front too.

Ayala,
the dome isn’t entirely useless, although in a certain perspective it really is. These helicopters which have such a radar dome, including Belgian and UK ones I think, need fly in a Z-pattern. They can’t look in front of themselves so they have to alter course to get a view ahead. Not really handy if you’re doing a SAR mission that requires you to get fast to your search station or a ship (to winch someone off). I can imagine in combat missions that this is pretty annoying too.
So it’s handy because it adds another capability to the helicopter, but highly annoying and sometimes disadvantageous if you have to operate it in certain cases.

Seakings made by Westland & Canadian Seakings have Radome behind the main gearbox, I saw the working of radar in flight that they have only 12 degrees blindness due to main rotor gearbox,otherwise it works normally, thats why operators from India/Germany/Norway they installed additional nose radars for full 360 degrees coverage.

Ayala,
the dome isn’t entirely useless, although in a certain perspective it really is. These helicopters which have such a radar dome, including Belgian and UK ones I think, need fly in a Z-pattern. They can’t look in front of themselves so they have to alter course to get a view ahead. Not really handy if you’re doing a SAR mission that requires you to get fast to your search station or a ship (to winch someone off). I can imagine in combat missions that this is pretty annoying too.
So it’s handy because it adds another capability to the helicopter, but highly annoying and sometimes disadvantageous if you have to operate it in certain cases.

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Thanks a lot Aviator..

I am still trying to see Navy egyptan blue Sea King from port side. Do they have inscriptions in Arabic as well as Commando version?
Also , any idea about the color of Pakistani ones?

Pakistani Seakings have dark olive drab colour,but normally it shows dark greyish shade, for your reference check this sketch.

Nice eh, a useless radar dome behind the propellor.

useless ? why?

Ayala

That would be the Hindi language (spefically the Devanagari script). The word is “Nausena” meaning Navy.

Hindu refers to a religion, not a language.

thanks for the explanation!

Ayala

India Sea Kings have inscriptions in Hindu (I guess) on the fuselage:

That would be the Hindi language (spefically the Devanagari script). The word is “Nausena” meaning Navy.

Hindu refers to a religion, not a language.

Nice eh, a useless radar dome behind the propellor.

Yes they do in did…I think that egyptian may have it too..

Hi,

India Sea Kings have inscriptions in Hindu (I guess) on the fuselage:

Ayala

Thanks a lot Aviator..

I am still trying to see Navy egyptan blue Sea King from port side. Do they have inscriptions in Arabic as well as Commando version?
Also , any idea about the color of Pakistani ones?

Commandos of Egyptian Armed forces.