OH SHIT NIGGA IT'S A HELICOPTER THREAD
Post best helicopters, favorite helicopters et cetera
Posting pure sex first
>>27780607
My dad builds these
Arh Tigers
>>27780677
>cgi
>>27780668
he also fucks your mother
You gotta admit one man and dual rotor is pretty cool
>>27780677
>only has one rotor blade
apply yourself scrublord
OLD
>>27780715
PRESENT
>>27780721
FUTURE?
>>27780683
He divorced my mum
>>27780739
Whats that on the bottom, under the star mark?
observation for the flight engineer?
>>27780763
idk might be for a rear gunner
Do not fear Ivan, the pain will be short-lived
>>27780726
machine gun pods?
>>27780767
>big black chopper
>tfw my country has a joke helicopter that doesn't even have an autocannon attached
>depending on what source you listen to it either had a tiny amount of combat action in 'stan or none at all
Eurocopter Tiger, I really want to like you but you make it insanely hard
The Ka-50 on the other hand gives me boners for days
>>27780792
>tiger
>no autocannon
wut
there is clearly an autocannon here: >>27780668
>>27780795
The Eurocopter is a different mark and make
There's gun pods on it, but no actual fixed gun
>>27780795
That's the Aussiecopter Tiger, not the Eurocopter Tiger
My dad and a tiger
>>27780869
That's pretty cool anon, where's this factory, in France?
Does he actually build them or just design the shit?
>>27780782
fuel tanks
>>27780888
He used to work in the hangars, putting in the electronics, assembling the important parts, the final result parts, im not 100% sure.
Now he is a quality assurance officer, makes sure nothing faulty leaves the hangars, he doesn't talk about his work much, other than the stupid shit he does in the office, I might make him answer some questions in a thread one day
Motherfucking Alouette III
>>27780888
Oh, forgot to say, he gets most of the i think 'structural parts' (?) from France, then does the rest here in Brisbane, for Australian Aerospace
>>27780809
thats the NH 90 you fool wtf make sense
>>27780816
heres the french version
heavy lift chopper is best chopper
>>27780932
Okay, found the confusion: the German version the UH Tiger is not armed with the Giat 30mm autocannon
ALL OTHER VERSIONS are equipped with it
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>>27780918
I like how everything looks reasonably sized then BOOOM RUSSIAN HEAVY LIFT
The fact that no one else decided to build comparable heavy lift choppers is a bit disappointing - the Mi-26 has about the same max payload weight of a C-130, so many foreign countries necessitated such high lift capability from a helicopter that I don't see why the US or Europe don't try to compete. Duh. I mean even NATO used Mi-26's under contract.
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>>27781115
What are some games where I can pilot a hind and rain death from above?
I know Mercenaries had a not-Hind that you could steal from Norks, any others?
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>>27781124
Arma 3 with the RHS mod
>>27781127
Surprised this wasn't posted yet.
>>27781137
welp
>>27781141
>>27781142
Or this.
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>>27781148
oooor this.
What a nice thread!
<3
>>27781148
I think I saw this once before, the guys on the roof are private military contractors?
I'm running out of stuff.
>>27781155
Fucking kiowa pilots, man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beq2T9kKLBw
>>27781170
Should I dump slavshit?
>>27781176
As long as it's rotary-winged, it should be good.
>>27781180
of course
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>>27780679
Oh man. Is that some 24x Vikhr ? Fuckign sexy as hell.
Also OP you surely know this. What happened to the Hermes missile ? Is anything like it still in development ?
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>>27781213
>Attempting to reconnect to server...
>>27781214
All these capchas with food are making me hungry
>>27781230
>tfw no Comanche
Isn't it the sexiest?
>>27781237
>his helicopter doesn't have BRRRRRTTTT
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>>27781286
And now i'm bored, so end of dump
>>27781238
Let me believe damn you
>>27781124
DCS lets you fly the Ka-50
>>27781225
>>27780948
53Ks will carry just as much.
53Es were not far behind.
Weight wise, that is. Cabin space the 26 has it. But I can think of zero reasons you'd need to put 130 guys in one helo.
>>27780780
>-Onwards comrade, to the bus stop!
>-Fuck yeah!
>>27781252
That looks unstable as fuck while firing
>>27781528
>its...its behind me isnt it?
>>27781238
The Comanche needed more love
>>27781528
rape
>>27781528
>>27781229
Is there a fucking reason why there is a person SITTING INSIDE THE COCKPIT WHILE THEY SHOOT THE WINDSHIELD?
>>27780894
What chopper is this?
I assume something Russin due to the blue cockpit
>>27782217
>Not recognising Hind's fan in the cockpit
You what, komrade?
>>27782235
>that image
what a time to be alive
>>27782078
When you fuck up in American army, you peel potatoes. When you fuck up in Russian army, you test bulletproof glass.
>>27780737
They had shitty cameras in the USSR didn't they?
>>27780897
>That rubiks cube on the back
>>27781137
High speed flight testing when?
>>27780702
holy shit they can watch tv on the cockpit?. Fucking russians
>>27780688
It's also a lot of stress on the pilot especially on long hauls.
The longest I've ever gone is a 3 hour stint in a cockpit and that left me in pain for days.
>>27782235
what the proletarian fucks
>>27781124
DCS: UH-1H or Ka-50 Black Shark if you're looking for hardcore simming, Take on Helicopters: Hinds if you're looking for something a little lighter and fluffier in the systems-management department.
There's also arcade games like Commanche and AH-64 Air Assault if you're not looking for anything sim-related
>>27780942
>confusing Aussiecopter Tiger and Eurocopter Le Tigre with Eurocopter Tiger
yeah
but yeah, as I said, it's a joke with no autocannon. Murrkan sources say it didn't even fire a single sh-- missile in 'stan, german sources say it had at least one CAS mission.
>>27782297
That's a FLIR camera, genius.
>>27782296
Eventually.
Sikorsky's trying to do that thing right, they're not rushing shit into production. That thing won't see the light of day for another decade at least. It's one of the few compound helicopter concepts that's ever been even considered for full-scale production
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>>27780894
That's gotta be the ugliest dam cockpit I've ever seen. Ergonomics are shit and targeting module is huge.
>>27782592
Russians aren't known for giving a shit about pilot comfort
>>27782696
I don't think I'd ever want to fly a Kaman, they look like they're just flying rotorstrikes waiting to happen
On the one hand the K-MAX can lift more than its empty weight in cargo, sure, but on the other 1 out of every 4 have been lost in accidents
>>27782740
>I don't think I'd ever want to fly a Kaman, they look like they're just flying rotorstrikes waiting to happen
They're actually far more resistant to rotor strikes than coaxials.
Also
>Turning down a ride in any helicopter
What the fuck is wrong with you, man?
>>27780607
Ka-50/52 is pure sex
>>27782235
What's great is that it's pretty damn well done and that it could pass off for a serious sci-fi vehicle.
How effective are 2.75s anyway?
Not enough apache in this thread!
>>27780897
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>>27781147
>Aww yiss
>>27782268
It's affectionately known as the Disco Ball. IR countermeasures unit. Obsolete now. There's newer, better things out there that work much better. Basically, all the ALQ did was mask the aircraft's presence against the background, making it harder for the missile to get a solid lock. Not nearly as effective as some of the stuff out there now. I want to say it was around 2011 or 2012 when most Army units started phasing out the ALQ for the newer stuff like CMWS.
rescuing from the abyss
>>27784800
There are now precision guided 2.75 rockets
>>27780912
What's that stuck on the end of the gun barrel?
(please tell me it's a flame thrower)
FUCK YEAH SEAKING!!
>>27780703
dumping some old deployment pics to apache this thread up.
Pure SEX
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>>27782346
I would love to see a game like a cross between Strike Commander and Gunship 2000, where you run a helo mercenary company, going from Russian dregs and boneyard AH-6s to eventually Ka-52s and the occasional Apache-bought-from-corrupt-Egyptians.
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>>27781155
He has reached oneness with his helicopter
Don't mind me, I was just far ahead of my time.
>>27781124
battlefield 1942 Desert Combat mods
Battlefield 2, Special forces expansion pack
>>27782249
>peel potatoes
you mean wash rocks
>>27790361
never 4get
>>27781252
>that fucking recoil
Damn son
