Sturgeon Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 A thread for helicopters, choppers, copters, helos, thopters, whirlybirds, eggbeaters, gyroplanes, slicks, autogyros, gyrocopters, ornithopters and other non-fixed-wing aerodromes. Our first topic: Attack helicopters. They are undoubtedly awesome, but in a large-scale conventional war, will they be resilient enough to have a presence on the battlefield? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 I am obligated to include this. And this. Sturgeon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted December 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 Why do I like the Rooivalk so much? Is it the cool-sounding Afrikaans name? Is it the kind of brutal mix of the looks of a Puma and a Mangusta? Is it that its turbines use sand as an oxidizer for combustion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 Mi-35 Iraqi Mi-35s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEnWF5EQIts Super Hind, from other angle. Look at those big exposed ammunition boxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 Chinese Z-10 hely. http://mereja.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=50020 *trollface* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khand-e Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 You know, I was kind of waiting to post about the Z-10 in my PLAAF thread. =( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted December 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 You know, I was kind of waiting to post about the Z-10 in my PLAAF thread. =( You still can, if you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted December 13, 2014 Report Share Posted December 13, 2014 Also obligatory - it just looks so pretty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted December 13, 2014 Report Share Posted December 13, 2014 You know, I was kind of waiting to post about the Z-10 in my PLAAF thread. =( lol. Mi-17: Mi-35: Ka-50 with different modifications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted December 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 OK, this is just weird: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted December 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 More strange attack helos. Can you ID this bird? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted January 1, 2015 Report Share Posted January 1, 2015 Pretty sure that's a YAH-63. Sturgeon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted February 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2015 Weird Soviet attack helos: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted February 7, 2015 Report Share Posted February 7, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdBBwg0_hKg Sturgeon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted February 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2015 *drools uncontrollably* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 One of my favorites: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCosmonaut Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 The XCH-62 is pretty hilarious looking; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted February 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 Skycrane competitor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCosmonaut Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 I think it was intended to be a competitor to the Mi-26, it came about a decade after the Skycrane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted February 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 Um, AV-19, FUCK YES: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 Interesting concept for a attack tilt-rotor. I'm surprised that they haven't made a dedicated gunship variant of the V-22 yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3njDrUtT8k Sturgeon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priory_of_Sion Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3njDrUtT8k When was the last time that we've seen a brand new helicopter take to the skies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted May 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 Sikorsky X-2. For the last time a production-ish vehicle of an entirely new type took to the skies, then V-22 Osprey, probably. This is a huge deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter_Sobchak Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 This video is a bit sobering. Recording from the downed helicopter Mi-24 APU. August 2014, Lugansk region. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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