

#FIRESTONE H FORCE FULL#
Main rotor diameter: 28 ft 0 in (8.If a retail customer is not completely satisfied with their eligible Firestone-brand tires, the tires can be returned to the location where they were originally purchased within 90 days of purchase for a full refund or exchange.horizontally-opposed air-cooled piston engine, 135 hp (101 kW) Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-290-7 4-cyl.Fuel capacity: 25 US gal (21 imp gal 95 l) 80 Octane fuel.Categories: Tires, Passenger Tires, 17 Inch, Truck and SUV Tires, 17 Inch Tags: 215/50R17, 215/50R17 95H, All-Season Tire, Dodge Ram CV Tire, Ford Transit tire. The sole Model 45D has recently been refurbished and is now on display (without blades installed) at theĪrmy Aviation Museum at Fort Rucker, Alabamaĭata from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1947, Firestone TransForce CV 215/50R17XL 95H All-season Tire. The sole Model 45D is in non-display storage at the Army Aviation Museum at Fort Rucker, Alabama.

Unlike most highway terrain tires, the Transforce HT2 is not covered by a specific milage warranty. The options for good tires listed here are appreciated. Given what I read on this forum and others it sounds like I need to trade out these tires ASAP. See all Transforce HT tire sizes Write a Review. It weighs 40 lbs, has a max load of 3042 lbs, a maximum air pressure of 80 psi, a tread depth of 14/32' and should be used on a rim width of 6-7.5'. It will of course have the Firestone Transforce AT tires. The 235/85R16 Firestone Transforce HT has a diameter of 31.73', a width of 9.2', mounts on a 16' rim and has 657 revolutions per mile. Operators United States United States Army Air Forces Survivors The need for, use and design of a vapor retarder in the design of a roof system used to be a hotly debated topic. Pricing for the Firestone Transforce HT2 ranges from around 150 per tire up to almost 300 per tire in sizes ranging from 16- to 20-inches. The 20 I ordered is supposed to be coming in to the dealer within the next two weeks. XR-9 Army designation for the unbuilt Model 45B XR-9A Army designation for the unbuilt Model 45C XR-9B Army designation for the Model 45C (revised), later redesignated XH-9B XH-9B XR-9B re-designated in 1948. Model 45D Side-by-side two-seat helicopter for civil market, one built. Model 45C (revised) Tandem two-seat helicopter powered by an Avco Lycoming O-290-7 engine and two-bladed rotor, one built as the XR-9B, later re-designated the XH-9B. Model 45C Unbuilt single-seat helicopter with two-bladed rotor, Army designation XR-9A. Variants Model 45B Unbuilt single-seat helicopter with three-bladed rotor, Army designation XR-9.

A four-seat Model 50, with twin tail rotors, was also projected, but the predicted sales boom did not materialise, and Firestone closed its aircraft manufacturing division. The prototype was demonstrated at the 1946 Cleveland National Air Races. This differed in having the two occupants side-by-side instead of Tandem as in the 45C, and was equipped with a 150 horsepower (110 kW) Lycoming engine. The first aircraft procured by the Army Air Forces in 1946, it was powered by an Avco Lycoming O-290-7 engine and first flew in March of that year.Ī civil version, the Model 45D was also built and flown, in anticipation of a postwar boom in aircraft sales. Ī revised two-seat design the revised Model 45C (or XR-9B) was built with a three-bladed main rotor and two-seat in tandem. G & A Aircraft was purchased by Firestone in 1943, Īnd was renamed the Firestone Aircraft Company in 1946. Neither of the two helicopters were built. The Model 45C ( XR-9A) was the same helicopter with a two-bladed rotor. Power would have been supplied by a 126 hp (94 kW) Avco Lycoming XO-290-5 engine. It had a fixed tri-cycle landing gear and three-bladed main and tail rotors. Originally developed by G & A Aircraft with the co-operation of the United States Army Air Forces' Air Technical Service Command, the G & A Model 45B (designated XR-9 Rotocycle by the Army) was a design for a single-seat helicopter of pod-and-boom configuration.
