Helicopter forest fire fighting bucket
Construction of reliable and efficient air water throwing equipment for aviation emergency fire fighting
The flexible barrel, hanging bearing and rapid drainage system are designed to serve the aviation fire fighting operations in forest and grassland fires and complex terrain areas.
Forest and grassland fires often occur in areas that are difficult to reach quickly by ground transportation. Helicopter water-bombing buckets can be externally suspended from aircraft to draw water from reservoirs, rivers, or temporary sources and are deployed for precise airdrops over wildfire sites, making them a highly mobile firefighting asset in aerial firefighting operations.
The development of bucket needs to coordinate water storage, water intake, hanging, flight stability, drainage control, storage transportation and on-site maintenance. The equipment should not only bear the dynamic load during water loading and flight, but also ensure that the water throwing process is clear, reliable and repeatable.
Xi'an Xinghualang Technology Co., Ltd. cooperates with Shaanxi Helicopter Co., Ltd. to participate in the design, manufacture and test verification of helicopter fire fighting bucket related products, and provide engineering support around the bucket body, sling, lifting point, drainage mechanism and assembly interface.
Core technology advantage
01 Facing Aviation Fire Fighting Scenario-Rapid Response to Complex Service Areas
Special design shall be carried out according to the task of hanging outside the helicopter and water throwing in the fire field, taking into account water intake, transportation, deployment and recovery.
The equipment can serve the aviation emergency fire fighting in forest, grassland and complex terrain area.
02 Flexible Barrel Structure-Considering Water Storage and Mobile Deployment
The flexible barrel body forms a water storage volume when in use, which can reduce the transportation and on-board storage space after storage.
The barrel material, connection and reinforcement area are designed around the bearing, wear resistance and repeated use requirements.
03 Rapid Drainage Mechanism-Formation of Concentrated Water Discharge Capacity
The bottom drainage structure is used to quickly release the water body under the command conditions, forming a water throwing effect facing the target area.
The drainage outlet, control mechanism and barrel body are considered in coordination with each other, taking into account the reliability of action and the convenience of maintenance.
04 Hanging and bearing design-ensure the connection and force stability
The structural design is carried out around the sling, lifting point, convergence connection and barrel bearing path.
Through reasonable arrangement, the load in the process of water loading, lifting, flight and delivery can be stably transmitted.
05 Multi-condition test verification-from ground function to system adaptation
Check the structure and function through water injection, drainage, static hanging and water casting tests.
Verify interfaces, operating procedures and security boundaries step by step according to the model and task requirements.
Main products and services
Helicopter flexible fire bucket
Provide customized design and manufacture of barrel body, bearing reinforcement, hanging and drainage structure.
Sling and pylon connection system
Design slings, lifting points and convergence connection components for model interfaces and load paths.
Quick Drain and Control Unit
Provide drains, perform connections and design assembly of related functional components.
Ground test and auxiliary tooling
Provide non-standard tooling required for water injection and drainage, static hanging, transportation storage and functional verification.
Typical application areas
Forest Aviation Fire Fighting
Helicopters shall be supported to take water from water sources in forest areas and deliver water to fire sites.
Grassland and Complex Terrain Fire Fighting
To provide rapid emergency response in areas where access to ground equipment is restricted.
Aviation Emergency Rescue
It can be used as the engineering basis for the development and verification of helicopter external suspension mission equipment.
Special aviation equipment test
Support the study of hanging bearing, drainage function and operation process.
Representative engineering cases
Helicopter Forest Fire Extinguishing Bucket Cooperative Development Project
For helicopter aviation fire fighting and emergency rescue needs, the company cooperates with Shaanxi Helicopter Co., Ltd. to participate in the development of fire bucket related products.
The project is designed and manufactured around the functions of flexible barrel body, hanging connection, bearing stability and rapid drainage, and the working state is verified through ground water injection and drainage, hanging and water throwing tests.
The relevant work provides an engineering basis for subsequent aircraft adaptation and aviation operation verification.
Full-process customized engineering services
Task and machine requirements analysis → overall scheme design → barrel body and bearing structure design → hanging and drainage component manufacturing → assembly assembly → ground water injection and drainage test → hanging and water injection verification
Formulate the structure and test scheme according to the model interface, target volume, water intake conditions and operation process.
Flexible manufacturing, metal connection, assembly assembly and functional verification through, service special aviation equipment engineering landing.
With reliable equipment to support aviation fire rapid response
Aviation fire fighting equipment is facing a complex environment and high efficiency tasks, and every connection and action needs to be rigorously designed and verified.
The company serves the development of emergency rescue equipment with non-standard structural design, manufacturing and test verification capabilities.
Reliable hanging, quick water, for the fire front line for valuable time.