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What's /k/'s favorite helicopter?

Pic related is mine
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>>33455803
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Bayk0nAjFo
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>>33455803

ITS MOTHERFU**ING SEA KING!!
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>>33455803
Good choice op. Love the uh60
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>>33455803
I actually saw a Blackhawk a few months back. The national guard was doing training at the local hospital and let us see the helicopter for about an hour. However, I will always love the Apache.
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>>33455898
>tfw I live half an hour from Fort Rucker, Alabama
>tfw a Blackhawk airspace corridor runs directly over my house, with an OH-58D/UH-72 route not far away
>tfw Chinook pilots occasionally seem to get lost and end up in the Kiowa corridor
I hate Alabama, but it sure is cool to see helicopters every day
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https://youtu.be/pEaso_MWcbs
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>>33456778
How do we weaponize it?
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>>33456778
>Turns dead cat into drone,
There was a tales from the crypt episode about some guy doing the same thing like this back in the day
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>>33457709
>>33457724
What excuse do we have for not fielding a contra-rotating rotor attack heli? The only downside is mechanical complexity and maintenance. Isn't that the kind of thing we especially can afford? Certainly much easier than the Russians.
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>>33457952
That'll be the next chopper for the US
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The Dauphin is cute
CUTE
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>>33457456
Fill with explosives. And put spikes n shit on it
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>>33455803
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>>33455855

MEIN NEGER
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>>33458102
YUS.
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It's like someone weaponised ugly
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>>33458379
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>>33455803
Hello, could you please explain why the horizontal tail wing of the Blackhawk is tilted 45 degrees from the axis of the tail at all times?
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>>33458102
>>33457877
Why do militaries still buy these no-legs MD5XX?

and are those HOT missiles?
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>>33458653
the FMC, changes the pitch of the stabilator at different airspeeds. it can also be used to artifically keep the nose down at a slow speed to see the ground.

As for my picks, AH-56 for aesthetics and badassness that the air force killed because they suck. and the AH-64 for real life because thats what I fly.
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>>33458738
When you go to flight school for the army, do you get to choose your aircraft or do they assign it to you?

Dad's flown Blackhawks since they first came out back in 1979, also I'm the guy that has a Blackhawk corridor above my house, it would be amazing to fly one for real.
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the family
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MH-60M
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Best radius transport incoming
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>>33459781
Welcome tooooo: How Fast Will It CRASH!

>>33459751
needs moar gau 19
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>>33458807
This big motherfucker
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>>33459796
more like 15,000 lbs of fuel and 5,000 lbs of payload
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best helicopter of all times
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ACH-47. Guns a-go-go baby.
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>>33458653
"Because of it's canted design, the tail rotor provides about 400 pounds of lift and more clearance for
ground personnel"
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>>33459325
No, you go and do your best and if you are top 10 percent you can choose otherwise they will try to get you what you want but you pretty much just get slotted
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>>33459781
>push rotor
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>>33455898
Grew up in AZ and the Natty Guard Apaches would fly right over my house on the regular. Everything would rattle and shake and you could feel it in your bones. Literally my favorite sound in the world.

I got to ride around in blackhawks for the better part of a deployment, and I love 'em, but for my money the Apache's the best.
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>>33460715
push rotor is the best rotor m8
thats how you go fast
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Hinds are literal aircraft porn
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>>33460725
I refuse to believe that making our aircraft look like something from a 1980s gi joe cartoon is worth the speed.

It's literally the dumbest fucking looking thing ever.
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>>33458102
MD500 and its derivatives are my chopper-fu
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Pic related.
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Kiowa is king
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>>33460761
>discount Chinook
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>>33461105
Why are they getting rid of it then?
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>>33461155
Almost a 60 year old design I suppose. We're going to be replacing the Apache in the next 20 years. Does that make it a bad weapon system?
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>>33457694
>COIN airplane that identifies as an attack helicopter
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>>33455803
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>>33461265
Hell yeah! Kiowa is king!
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>>33461173
I'd point out that the OH-6 (well, MH-6) is older and still in use today.
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>>33461034
THICC
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>>33461138
>Best Chinook
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>>33455803
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>>33461265
Sounds like the stories my dad told about Kiowa pilots
>Random inspection of lcoekrs
>Fucking Kiowa pilots have a tail rotor in their locker
>Where is this tail rotor from
>Dunno
>Dad still has no idea where this tail rotor came from since it wasn't missing anywhere
>They also had an extra engine (the kind used to start up helos) as well
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>>33461265
From what I understand, that's an actual thing the pilots are trained to do. The Blackhawk at least (don't know about the other choppers) have mounts in the cockpit for the pilots to keep M4s, and the doors are often removed to make shooting them easier
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>>33458168
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>>33457952
The SB-1 Defiant that is Sikorsky+Boeing's attempt to replace the H-60 has contra-rotating rotors and a push prop.
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>>33458694
because they're fucking bad-ass
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>>33457694
That is one cool looking aircraft.

And now I know where the inspiration for the Planetside 2 Terran Mosquito fighter comes from, damn shame this bird was never adopted by the US military, why the fuck not?
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>>33463683
>damn shame this bird was never adopted by the US military, why the fuck not?
Ask the USAF, those fuckers are responsible.
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>>33463810

feels like a boss fight
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>>33461531
Ugly duckling
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as if the mh-60 couldn't get any better.
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>>33455803
ACH-47A
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>>33461291
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>>33463903

A fine mess you've gotten us into this time R2.
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>>33455898
my dad worked on the ah-6, shits still classified always thought it was cool how he worked on it
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>>33464141
*64 my bad
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>>33458102

Nice model.
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>>33459781
is there any recent news about this thing? most of the news is from 2015.
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>>33456247
my old summer camp was right over a Chinook route, so we would occasionally see a formation of those BBHs fly right over. Loudest thing I've ever heard without earplugs.
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>>33463810

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH2NUc8NMvk
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>>33459796
I actually got to sit and talk with a pilot of these at the Tuscaloosa air show last summer. The cockpit is fucking awesome, glass everywhere and tons of visibility.
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Why does the USMC still use the Huey? Isn't the black hawk better in every way except size?
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>>33457952
>What excuse do we have for not fielding a contra-rotating rotor attack heli? The only downside is mechanical complexity and maintenance. Isn't that the kind of thing we especially can afford? Certainly much easier than the Russians.
Well, you see, rotorcraft in of themselves are an offshoot of Russian Mysticism. We have limited ability to build them because papa Igor fled to the US when the gommies took over, but at the end of the day Russia has more Crazy Ivans than we do.
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>>33464220
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>>33455803
Bell 47. Always wanted one since I was a kid. Simple enough to fix with home garage tools, would mount M240b on a swivel out the passenger door.
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It was just too 90's for this world.
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>>33464362
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>>33464397
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>>33464333
>>33464220
>>33463810
Is this how slavs train for high speed/low drag shit, or are the pilots just fucking around?
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>>33458807
I remember you can reach up and touch the end of the blades when its just sitting there parked.
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>>33464534
Probably their nav system broke and they decided to fly above highway to return to the base
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>>33461599

> tfw you learn that those were the components of some sort of weird sex toy
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>>33464534

Just a vodka run.
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>>33455803
>in your head
>manually
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>>33459619
What did I told you about the shrooms, Ivan!
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>>33456247
Spent the mid-'80s to early '90s right outside Rucker as a kid. It was was Hueys then, and glorious as an Army brat that loved helos.

Now I'm in the vicinity of another installation and it's 'Hooks, 'Hawks and Apaches.

>>33464245
The Yankee Model Hueys have something on the order of 70+% parts commonality with the Zulu Model Cobras is why.
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>>33457952
>What excuse do we have for not fielding a contra-rotating rotor attack heli?
>Isn't that the kind of thing we especially can afford?

Wouldn't these two be actually actually related?
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>>33461138

>Thick=better

Yup I am in /k/
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>>33465766
In terms of R+D costs, yeah. Actual unit price, not really.
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>>33457694
WHY ARE WE NOT FUNDING THIS

this looks like a perfect replacement for the A-10 in the ground attack role, would probably fit in the army budget, and let the USAF focus on their air-to-air, bomb-trucking, and strategic bombing stuff.
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>>33458102
Funnest chopper in Mercenaries. Would oper8 in the DPRK again.
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>>33465864
I know, plus it just looks fucking cool.

>But as American involvement in Vietnam was winding down, the Army canceled the Cheyenne program on 9 August 1972. By this time, the AH-1 Cobra was widely deployed by the Army during the Vietnam War. Controversy with the United States Air Force over the Cheyenne's role in combat[2] as well as the political climate regarding military acquisition programs had caused the Army to amend the service's attack helicopter requirements in favor of a twin-engine conventional helicopter, viewed as less technical and more survivable.[3] The Army announced a new program for an Advanced Attack Helicopter (AAH) on 17 August 1972,[4] which led to the development of the AH-64 Apache.
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>>33465760
BONSAI!!!
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>>33463862
Praise be to Sikorsky.

It really is amazing how versatile the UH-60 is. It can fly troops, supplies, perform Medevac, carry a jeep or a howitzer (with its crew), and it can carry the same weapons as the Apache and Cobra. It's been in service for 30 years and it's still going strong, I imagine after the Army finally replaces it the USMC will get them.
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>>33455898
Great aircraft. Until that shit gets grounded for weeks because it breaks down all the time.
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>be MH-60 DAP
>inserting task force
>fuel runs low
>call for an aerial tanker, fill up in midair
>insert troops
>use hellfire missiles and chain gun for fire support
>keep hovering nearby due to longer range
>extract troops
>fly through clouds on the way back, but it's okay because DAP is IFR certified
>RTB

>be Apache
>break
>mfw
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>>33466279
HMX-1 of the USMC uses it for VIP already.
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>>33466279

versatile at a cost. some of the Navy variants imho are poorly designed from a maintenance standpoint, seemingly because they shoehorned an ASW role into a platform that was never designed to do so.

source - navy seahawk maintainer (fuck my life)
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>>33461265
It sounds like a story a buddy of mine told me

>working CI in Honduras
>Need to go from the small COP they are on to major post
>Kiowa pilot offers ride
>Decides to fly as low as possible between mountains
>Makes him throw up from the constant maneuvering


I never got the chance to ride in a Kiowa unfortunately. Blackhawks were breddy cool.
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>>33469187
Fuck that's so cool.
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>>33455855

You know why they call it the Sea King? Because it's always Sea King the ground!
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>>33469187
Yeah, makes sense for the President and other VIPs to have the best chopper available.

My dad was with the unit that flew VIPs in DC, he's flown a lot of high ranking officers, and helped fly George H W Bush (when he was Vice President).

He personally flew Hillary Clinton once before that, I forget whether it was in Honduras or Desert Storm. He's got a photograph of him shaking her hand, but it's obviously something he doesn't like to show off.
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>>33469433
Army hawk maintainer here, I've heard the blade folding on the seahawk is automatic, is that true?
How would you automate that.
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>>33464422
you were too good for this world ;'(
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>>33465557
The show that made the Bell 222 fucking rad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RPpmy-3_fE
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>>33470311
>doesntevendillon
...fag
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>>33461155

they're falling apart, lift less than a female airforce recruit, and assholes think just because you have to be crazy to fly them they can be careless morons.
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>>33460178
Can it be weaponized
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>>33455803
K-MAX
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ4X7Y2ydS0
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>>33464118
HOT
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>even coming CLOSE to this

Hind-A for honourable mention
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It's a difficult choice, but it beats the chinook by a small margin for those lovely angles
Look at how modern it looks!
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Everyone who didn't say Apache is wrong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqdILFt1PrA
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>>33474564
This would look cooler if it wasnt for the bubbly large front
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the one with an ejection seat
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>>33474564
It looks like a mosquito monster from my nightmare
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>>33456247

> enjoying aircraft noise pollution

Looks like the mental illness got to you
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>>33459619
>Don't talking to me or mine sons ever again, da?
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>>33469123
>be MH-60 DAP
>be big fatass target for someone wanting to stick an RPG up your ass
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>>33476855
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>>33477357
yfw UH-60 is faster than AH-64
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>>33477853
Mfw no face
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Ka-50

Helicopter of the future, born too early for its role.
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>>33457952
>The only downside is mechanical complexity and maintenance.
Seems like a big one, for an army the size of the U.S Army.
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>>33476855
Frame rate webm, cool though
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>>33478058
>Lynx-stunts-01
Please Sir, can I have some more.
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Blocks your path...
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Blue Thunder
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Weaponized Ospreys when?
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>>33477877
I wonder if it would've been more practical with 2017 technology?
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>>33457952
It's all about the stealth meme now.
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>>33479927
that hover hold
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>>33457702
Not even slavboo but k-52 is love
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>>33479912
Here we see Hinds in their natural habitat, preforming mating rituals and departing south as winter colds approach.
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>>33479974
>Helicopters
>Stealth
Found a Comancheboo.
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>>33480049
Armor piercing missile?
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>>33480383
inert for guidance testing
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>>33457952
>The only downside is mechanical complexity and maintenance

I don't think you understand just how BIG of a downside that really is. It's pretty much a deal breaker, and makes it completely impractical for large forces.
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>>33479927

Anyone got the link to the video of that?
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>>33476855

I bet they tuned the frame rate of the camera to be in phase with the blades
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AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopter
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>>33466316
ahaha, real shit dude.
More time on ground than in air. lol
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>>33479927

This probably costs at least 500k

> minute passes
> another 9 grand
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>>33455898
I love working with these all day.
Giant flying Computer of death,
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>>33464141
How long was he in?
Curious if it what Model it was at the time.
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>>33482181
idiot. youre probably a faggy blackhawk maintain who like to suck dick and jerk off about how you're almost a pilot. also I'll be enjoying my A/C while your XMSN kill your pax.
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>>33479093
>>33459796
My fucking Niggahs.

But, to be fair, I don't think they count as helicopters.

I was actually talking with my dad about if they were going to start making attack Osprey at first. It seems likely since apparently the things meant to be its escorts (other helicopters) can't keep up, but according to him they're just making speed improvements to the attack helicopters, but he's not sure how they'll fix the range issue.

For maximum cliche: yes, my dad works at Boeing. (he works on the C-17s though.)
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>>33471222
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>>33483254
nope,
Apaches lead the way man.
Fucking Hellfire and Rockets all Day with a Side of 30MM rounds.
But no dude, to be fair, Apaches are like High maintance wives..I mean computers.
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>>33470311

it's completely automatic, but can be done manually as well.

There are electric motors on each blade where the cuff meets the spar, and they drive a hinge which angles the blade. in order to get the rotor head a the correct angle for folding (for attaching heavy weather restraints) there's a hydraulic motor attached to the MGB. The electricians can also use a set which allows them to manually actuate the motors in case there's an electrical/wiring issue.

its also a huge pain in the ass. I think the navy would be better off without them to be honest. it's just a fancy way of folding.
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>>33458379
Fucking love the Mi-24. Gunship and can drop soldiers, then support them.
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>>33457694
I knew Mossies looked familiar. Shame there's no Gunner/pilot variant in PS2.
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>>33464422
Jungle Strike pushed this heli so hard.
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>>33484415
> You'll never get to BTFO of Mexican drug gangs in your RAH-66 as they try to assault DC after the wall goes up

Feels bad man
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>>33463862
>This is Pequod, in hot! Watch out Boss!
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>>33484559
Gonna play this tonight. Das it mane.
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>>33459781
I wonder if it'd work to take this concept and have one engine that switches between the main rotor and push rotor, instead of two separate ones, so instead of an "assisted helicopter" it would become a gyrocopter in flight.
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>>33484559
It was only after playing desert strike on my gameboy that I learned of my true sexual identity...an attack helicopter.
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>>33464333
Jesus Christ. These clowns are our overlords?
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>>33469187
I'm not sure if it's this exact Marine One or its predecessor, but I've had my house buzzed by it a few times over the last couple of years. I live on a hill that's right under the flightpath the President's helo flight takes when he's in LA, and I can always tell when they're flying over because of how obscenely loud the Osprey escorts are. (My place is at 850' ASL and they fly at maybe 1200, so they're damn close.)

I get a ton of civilian traffic too, especially police and fire stuff (which in LA includes tons of Hueys and Blackhawks) but military is rare. I spotted a couple of Cobras circling over Burbank for some reason a while back, and I've seen a decent number of Chinooks over the years, but that's about it.
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>>33464362
>MASH theme intensifies
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>>33455855
my father piloted these, Sea King is love
>mfw his callsign was biggus dickus
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>>33478946
God that movie was so dumb but I still love every second of it.
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>>33455855
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>>33460784

Shut your whore mouth. It's awesome.
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>>33459751
yfw noshar canals
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>>33455803
the mh/ah-6 little bird
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>>33455898
i see military helicopters and planes every single day. i live like 10 miles from vandenberg next to the largest airport in the area.
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>this big beautiful bitch
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>>33485675
Santa Maria spic detected.
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>>33487410
nah pham i'm white all the spics live in santa maria i live in orcutt
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>>33458006
USCG makes good use out of them. When I see an orange/white Dauphin and a bunch of police boats outside my window I can tell someone jumped off the bridge again.
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Nobody... seriously, nobody brought up the Right Arm of the Late 90s Free World, the Orca?
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>>33469721
Noice
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>>33480057

why aren't turrets like this more common i wonder

you could put that on a fixed wing aircraft while it orbitted around a target
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>>33474885
Old Fallout games make me feel good
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>>33485531
>>33485523

[GUNFIRE]
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>>33457456
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I'm an 11b E-4 in the MA ARNG. Should I drop a Warrant Packet?

I have a house. I'd have to live in AL for like 2 years, right? Guess I could rent my place or something.
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>>33464362
>suicide is paiiiinnnlllesssssss
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