Post Helicopter photos
>>2624705
u people are retarded who like helicopters what the fuck fuck u
>>2631520
Your mommy don't like you? Don't feel bad bro. It'll pass.
>>2631553
Radar.
>>2631553
giant magnet to fuck with submarines against their will
>>2632903
magnetic radar
>>2624733
That's not a AH-1W, that's a AH-1Z.
Beacuse suicide is painless it takes on many changes and i can take or leave it if i please
& Eye can take or leave it if i please
>>2638581
Are tiltrotors even helicopters?
>>2624705
awesome thread doods
>>2644431
agreed...
my long time android wallpaper
Turkish AH-1 Cobra
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Yes.
>>2650270
I'm not completely convinced, though.
On an unrelated note, did someone strap on chemlights at the ends of the rotor blades or are they collision lights?
>>2651296
they are formation lights for night ops
they can be turned off or to NV
>>2651726
Thanks!
Took this pic during a military expo in Mexico.
>>2653262
Nice.
I have plenty of pics since I work on them... not sure if HR enough though, some of them are from like 8 years ago.
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That's it for now... I'll stop by tomorrow to see if the thread is still alive/anyone wants more
>>2654186
Wouldn't say no to moar pictures
>>2654171
I love this one
>>2654186
yes please
>>2651296
static
>>2654247
Very well
>>2654848
During HADR after the Tohoku earthquake.
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A couple pics of door gunners
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A view out the back
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Had to resize these, they were just a tad too small
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>>2654881
This is probably one of the best photos I've ever taken.
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Little French helicopter that brought some pilots over to check our boat out
>>2654887
A British helicopter that was doing some training with us... and I'm spent.
>>2654888
Thanks!
>>2654870
I have a question though, why is it needed to anchor the rotor blades? I'd assume they don't spin on their own easily anyway, and even if they do, what harm would that do?
great thread, truly
![IMG_5398[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/5V0vtMy.jpg "IMG_5398[1].jpg")
>>2654956
The biggest reason is to prevent blade damage from high wind gusts. You're correct, normally the rotorhead wouldn't spin but occasionally the rotor brake will slip or needs to be worked on so that's where securing the blades comes in... It's another precautionary measure.
>>2655693
I see. Also, panorama and spinning blades don't go very well together it seems :p
>>2655775
Haha no they don't. Anyway, this is one from a flight we did today.
>>2656379
Keep them coming! May I ask what your occupation exactly is?
>>2656504
I really like the looks but its autocannon's firing arc seems a bit too limited to me.
<- On an unrelated note, one of these was shot down (probably) yesterday in Hakkari/Turkey. National news claimed it didn't crash due to enemy fire but there are surfaced videos of Kurdish insurgents with manpads claiming they shot it down.
>>2656793
It probably was shot down, here is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWMapybzwbY
>>2624735
Tell me more about this aircraft please.
What's in the box?
>>2658214
That looks to be an experimental version of the AH-6 with the boxes being ballast of some sort in place of real weapons.
time for some OC
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One of San Diego Police Department's ABLE (airborne law enforcement) AS-350s
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A bit grainy, but the cockpit of the ABLE AS-350
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Here is Paradise Helicopter's newest addition: a Magnum PI replica MD500D. This bird makes regular flights from the Turtle Bay Resort helipad on Oahu
A Paradise Helicopter's MD500E returning from a tour
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SDFD's Copter 2 waiting for a call at KMYF
7 and final
Managed to hitch a ride on Copter 1 a while back, and took a nice tour of San Diego. That was fun
>>2658788
fuck that's cool. TC haha
Ka-27 a cute
some Canadian stuff for Victoria Day
>>2631520
what's the matter, we ate a naked women thread spot with our helicopters?
>>2634727
and I assume that's a magnet too?
>>2665722
Nope. Longbow modification. Millimeter wave fire control radar and the radar frequency interferometer. I had the shell of one from the Iraq war for a table until our Full Bird found out and "Confiscaed" it for his room...
>>2624724
how is this rotation stabilized?
>>2634722
Great to see a machine of the german army here too! And sure I'll Abstand halten.
what a f*ing great machine!
>>2666322
On the back of the ducted fan they had a rudder which directed the airflow. When in vertical flight, they had the rudder turned in the proper direction to counteract torque.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piasecki_X-49
Have you ever wanted to go for a flight and just die immediately?
I know it's not a helicopter but there will literally never be a thread about gyrocopters
What could go wrong?
La bumpe
She's a big girl.
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Is that cgi?
>>2676356
nope, why?
>>2676384
Awesome pic i think the focus helped with certain textures
>>2676385
its from Mali last year i believe, dutch apache
Just bought the Gazelle module for DCS, needs some work still but pretty fun
>>2625182
>muh dick
>>2688430
>big black helicopter with an extended schlong
even the USAF cant escape the cuck meme
>>2669467
Shit, the Jet Ranger looks like a toy next to the Mil! Awesome photo - normally you never see those two together!
