Guy Alcala wrote:
The new personnel hoist, manufactured by B.F. Goodrich, is
delivered as a kit for the Block B aircraft. The high-speed
hoist can lift 600 pounds at an adjustable rate up to 340
feet per minute, and is mounted above the ramp to give
rescuers plenty of real estate to maneuver litters and other
equipment.

FNORD!

The main reason given for why the wings didn't swivel with the engines
to the vertical was to provide a calm area under the props for
operations like this and now they relocate the hoist to the rear.

So what fraction of the vertical lift did they give up for nothing?
(After subtracting the extra weight for wings that swivel with the
engines in flight in addition to folding around for storage.)

-HJC