{"id":1388,"date":"2014-05-01T12:27:59","date_gmt":"2014-05-01T10:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/?p=1388"},"modified":"2014-05-01T12:29:01","modified_gmt":"2014-05-01T10:29:01","slug":"md-530g-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/md-530g-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"MD 530G Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/93428825\" width=\"695\" height=\"390\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">MD530G is based on the MD530F platform with few modifications in order to convert it into a gunship.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">High capacity landing gear allowing an additional 400 lbs of the 3750 lbs maximun take off gross weight<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">Integration of the <a href=\"http:\/\/maceaviation.com\/case-study\/industry-shaking-innovation\/\" target=\"_blank\">ER2W (Extended Range Weapons Wing)<\/a>\u00a0with 4 weapon stations for:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dillonaero.com\/content\/p\/9\/pid\/1\/catid\/1\/Standard_M134D\" target=\"_blank\">M134D by Dillon Aero<\/a> on the inner stations<\/li>\n<li>outer stations fitted with 14&#8221; bomb racks for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fnherstal.com\/primary-menu\/products-capabilities\/airborne-weapon-systems\/general\/product\/311\/302\/311\/19\/_\/fn-hmp400TM-lc.html\" target=\"_blank\">FN Herstal HMP400<\/a> machine gun\u00a0(0,5&#8221; or 12,7mm) or the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fnherstal.com\/primary-menu\/products-capabilities\/airborne-weapon-systems\/general\/product\/311\/302\/311\/19\/_\/fn-rmpTM-lc.html\" target=\"_blank\">RMP (rocket machine gun pod)<\/a> featuring the HMP400 and 3 additional rockets (2,75&#8221; or 70mm). The video displays laser guided ammunitions from Raytheon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">The cocpkit is equipped with the <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.garmin.com\/helicopters\/#G500H\" target=\"_blank\">Garmin 500H<\/a> and a multi function display<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">Behind the seats is installed the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moog.com\/markets\/defense\/stores-management\/\" target=\"_blank\">MOOG store\u00a0management system<\/a> for both inner and outer weapon stations, composed of 3 separate components, providing the weapons situation and the situational awareness to the crew:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<ul>\n<li>store management computer<\/li>\n<li>rocket interface unit<\/li>\n<li>stores interface unit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wescam.com\/index.php\/products-services\/airborne-surveillance-and-reconnaissance\/mx-10\/\" target=\"_blank\">L3 Wescam MX10<\/a> provides EO (Electro Optics) and IR (Infra Red) sensors to the multi function display in the cockpit, and the laser guidance for the guided rockets.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_1396\" style=\"width: 705px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/MD530G.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1396\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1396\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/MD530G-1024x570.png\" alt=\"MD530G\" width=\"695\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/MD530G-1024x570.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/MD530G-300x167.png 300w, http:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/MD530G.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1396\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MD530G<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MD530G is based on the MD530F platform with few modifications in order to convert it into a gunship. High capacity landing gear allowing an additional 400 lbs of the 3750 lbs maximun take off gross weight Integration of the ER2W (Extended Range Weapons Wing)\u00a0with 4 weapon stations for: M134D by Dillon Aero on the inner <a href='http:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/md-530g-overview\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1396,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,24,17,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1388"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1401,"href":"http:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388\/revisions\/1401"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}