OP losing his virginity
ever? do you mean never? do you think contra-rotating rotors aren't viable or something, or do you just not like the shape of this thing?
>>29359271
could hit speeds of over 270 mph
>>29359284
yes meant never
>>29359287
would have been the best attack helicopter in history
Good night sweet princess.
>>29359287
That concept is retarded.
Why install propellers with horizontal thrust on a rotary-wing aircraft.
>What is variable pitch
>>29359336
because just like wings on a helicopter. IT allows you to go faster with out stressing the rotors.
Anti-everything LAV III.
>>29359284
>>29359284
i wish it was built contra-rotating rotors are very viable
>>29359409
Are you for real ?
There's too much pitch relative to the vector of an helicopter for wings to make any sense on it.
>>29359443
stubby wings up front to provide a 40 percent of overall lift at flight speed
>>29359271
>>29359287
it looks so retarded.
I like it.
Back in the 50s and 60s, the US Army and Air Force were each planning to construct their own permanent military bases on the moon. The soldiers stationed there would've been armed with Davy Crockett nukes and claymore mines to repel any possible Soviet attacks. Pretty crazy to think of. I'm sort of glad it never happened. There's something terrifying about the thought of nukes being used so liberally in space warfare.
>>29359471
Holy shit you have no idea what you are talking about.
The center of lift needs to be a fraction of the total length of the aircraft ahead of the center of mass.
Up front is way past that.
>>29359500
just imagine
>>29359501
are you a aerospace engineer?
>>29359587
No, but I craft my own airframes.
>>29359443
it's a compound helicopter idiot, nothing magic
The US army is probably going to buy one for their next gen helicopters
Personally I think choppers are a disaster that keeps getting people killed, and largely useless in a real shooting war.
>>29359334
;_;
>>29359605
perhaps you missed the part at >>29359605
>flight speed 40 percent at flight speed
>>29359624
>helicopters are useless
How?
Do you guys ever stop to think of just how whimsically odd it is that even decades, possibly even centuries after these failed designs were forgotten by militaries and corporations and tucked away in some filing cabinet in some dark warehouse, the engineers' work was not in vain because there will forever be strangers arguing about it and fighting tooth and nail, on an imageboard filled with japanophiles and closeted homosexuals. What a legacy.
>>29359705
Because they are an extremely dangerous & uneconomical form of travel?
>>29359711
Often times the worse design is picked for political reasons rather than function
>>29359522
That's pretty erotic, not gonna lie.
>>29359716
They're not THAT dangerous, anon, and the benefits far outweigh the drawbacks.
The mobility that a force with helicopters get is insane. There's a reason why literally every modern, fairly well equipped military has helicopters in all sorts of roles.
Just a reminder that the USN could have had an operational stealth attack platform in service by the late 1990's. As it stands, the USN still cannot into stealth. Fuck you Dick Cheney.
>>29359739
why can they not into stealth i thought there was a stealth ship already in prodution
Still mad.
>>29359749
They couldn't into stealth aircraft like the AF did with the F117, B2, and F22.
They are finally getting stealth aircraft in the form of the F35C.
hmm
>>29359738
I doubt you'll find a helicopter pilot that hasn't had a crash
You could get 90% of the mobility of helicopters with gliders, at a small fraction of the cost, while being more capable & safer.
There may conceivably be situations where a helicopter is needed, but personally I think they are vastly overrated & overused.
>>29359792
>the glider meme
Is this where you make a shitty WWII allegory?
You're telling me that an aircraft which has to be towed off a runway into the air by another aircraft then pointed in the right direction and let loose with next to no maneuverability that also needs a large area to land is somehow better than a VTOL rotorcraft?
>>29359443
what you were saying comrade?
>>29359443
are you searching problems, comrade?
>>29359792
>You could get 90% of the mobility of helicopters with gliders, at a small fraction of the cost, while being more capable & safer.
>what is any direction other than forward at a downward angle
>>29359828
He was crafty, but spit the bait out if you can.
>>29359792
GLIDERFAG HAS ARRIVED
![bvertol_347_1[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/OftjMtV.jpg "bvertol_347_1[1].jpg")
>>29359443
>>29359624
helicopters are fucking awesome at war.
the greatest days in my life, so far, were to days I Iraq I got to do air assault mission.
>>29359761
i giggled.
>>29359828
Fixed wing flight is simply mechanically superior, cheaper, greater lift, greater range, and safer.
The #1 worst thing about helicopters is that they have created the modern leg infantry fetish in the US military.
Simply because helicopters can't bring vehicles/decent payloads with them.
A small squad sized glider would not need much room to take off or land.
If you are doing multi-chopper landings, you will need ample room anyways.
>>29359932
>the greatest days in my life, so far, were to days I Iraq I got to do air assault mission.
Are you having a stroke?
>>29359965
He's just braindamaged from all his chopper crashes
>>29359932
>the greatest days in my life, so far, were to days I Iraq I got to do air assault mission.
Anon what the fuck are you doing
>>29359965
>>29360034
damn phone.
*were the days in Iraq, I got to do air assault missions.
The US is able to play fast and loose with choppers in the sand box because noone supplies the terrorists with modern weaponry
Wouldn't work in a war vs a peer, or an insurgency thats supplied by a peer.
>>29360086
US Helicopters have automatic defense systems against missiles.
Damn annoying things too. We tried to get them working on our Chinooks, while in Iraq, back in 2005. They kept thinking trash can sized fires were missile launches. Causing them to sound alarms and start shooting flares and chaff.
>>29359334
It hurts...
Me becoming a attack helicopter
>>29360155
Obamacare won't cover the reassignment surgery to turn me into an Apache Longbow Helicopter.
:'(
Killed because the Air Force can't play nice with others.
>Army: Hey we're going adopt this new attack helicopter.
>Air Force: YOU CAN'T DO THAT!
>Army: Why not?
>Air Force: BECAUSE ONLY WE CAN DO CAS!
>Air Force: ARMY GET OUT OF MY MISSIONS! REEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
>>29360950
Also because it was deemed obsolete when the soviets introduced new aa tech
>>29360894
>>29360950
Well then thank fucking God for the Air Force if the Army thought a helicopter designed for diving attacks was a great idea right when ZSU-23s and SA-8/9s were hitting mass production.
>>29359271
>when vodka does it
>/k/ goes; HAHAHA WHAT RETARDED IDEA
>when MURRICA does it
>/k/ goes; GENUS! WHY HAVE WE NEVER THOUGHT OF IT?!
and the circle jerking of /k/ continues
>>29360086
>i dont know what im talking about: the post
Commanche
>>29360990
>he doesn't know diving fire is the most effective mode of fire.
>>29359792
And what about when you need to get the fuck out fast? Are you gonna take off from the fucking ground in a glider?
>>29361886
What is even the point of this post
Are you upset people laugh about slavshit? Don't worry, plenty of RIDF posters do the same for American equipment too
>>29359334
If only bombing could have gone supersonic. Practicality would be extended by decades.
>TFW we could have seen a WWII style bombing run with supersonic bombers
>>29359271
I suggest you look up the Sikorsky Skyraider. Basically a smaller, non troop carrying version of that.
>>29359716
>dangerous
Helicopters are far safer than conventional aircraft
>>29359771
Helicopter pilot here. Been flying for 8 years. 0 crashes.
>>29359436
that fucking propwash.
>>29359964
>glider
>not need much room to take off
How? Don't they have to be dragged by something?
>>29359792
P I E R R E S P R E Y
>>29360034
having a stroke apparently.
>>29359792
You.
>>29359334
>really guys...im over it
