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Posted: 8/18/2014 5:56:08 PM EDT
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Eurocopter makes some decent shit. Fuck Airbus, tho. The granddaddy of the EC145 is the Bo-105/BK117. Rigid rotor goodness. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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A helicopter built by Scarebus? They can't even get flight control logic for fixed wing right. No thanks.  Eurocopter makes some decent shit. Fuck Airbus, tho. The granddaddy of the EC145 is the Bo-105/BK117. Rigid rotor goodness. All of our EC's are under-powered, that is the drivers biggest complaint. |
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Posted: 8/18/2014 6:01:12 PM EDT
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NOT a success story for anyone  Quote HistoryQuoted:
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If we are ordering Euro copters can we get some of these
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-04pIlmUY7Fk/TqBZW09OuwI/AAAAAAAAATU/W7Qo7OuGb40/s800/NH90%2BMulti-role%2BMilitary%2BHelicopter2.jpg NOT a success story for anyone I havent found too much info on those, but they look pretty capable,....and awesome. |
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Posted: 8/18/2014 6:02:38 PM EDT
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How about getting a few of these. http://www.gizmag.com/bell-helicopter-v-280-valor-tiltrotor/27043/pictures#1 |
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Posted: 8/18/2014 6:03:57 PM EDT
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Non-deployable. Now coming to an active training unit @ Ft Rucker, b/c of budget cuts. How would you like to learn to fly in a twin-engine European helicopter? Isn't it the MBB BK-117 in fatigues? Those clamshell rear doors make me believe this... |
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Posted: 8/18/2014 6:06:33 PM EDT
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Isn't it the MBB BK-117 in fatigues? Those clamshell rear doors make me believe this... Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted: Non-deployable. Now coming to an active training unit @ Ft Rucker, b/c of budget cuts. How would you like to learn to fly in a twin-engine European helicopter? Isn't it the MBB BK-117 in fatigues? Those clamshell rear doors make me believe this... Think so. It's just a civilian helicopter w/ few military mods. Think they had to add A/C after the initial buy b/c the avionics kept overheating in American summers. |
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Posted: 8/18/2014 6:11:55 PM EDT
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Think so. It's just a civilian helicopter w/ few military mods. Think they had to add A/C after the initial buy b/c the avionics kept overheating in American summers. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Quoted: Non-deployable. Now coming to an active training unit @ Ft Rucker, b/c of budget cuts. How would you like to learn to fly in a twin-engine European helicopter? Isn't it the MBB BK-117 in fatigues? Those clamshell rear doors make me believe this... Think so. It's just a civilian helicopter w/ few military mods. Think they had to add A/C after the initial buy b/c the avionics kept overheating in American summers. Thx! After I posted I saw the rest of the pics... note the engine intakes are shaped significantly different and there's something... strange about the nose shape compared to the original BK-117. As another poster pointed out it surely is a derivative of that airframe, if not of directly linear descent. |
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Posted: 8/18/2014 6:20:41 PM EDT
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Messerschmit-Bokow-Blom. Used in Civvy form for the rear-opening clamshell doors....Air Ambulance.
I've been in 'em and the first time we came into ground effect, I thought we were crashing.... lots of pounding vibration. |
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Posted: 8/18/2014 6:34:28 PM EDT
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Messerschmit-Bokow-Blom. Used in Civvy form for the rear-opening clamshell doors....Air Ambulance. I've been in 'em and the first time we came into ground effect, I thought we were crashing.... lots of pounding vibration. Yea, when it transitions through ETL it aint the smoothest. At all
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Posted: 8/18/2014 6:56:04 PM EDT
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Got to fly one around the pattern once. Cool machine and much respect for those rotor-heads out there. I felt like a one armed paper hanger in a wind storm.
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Posted: 8/18/2014 7:04:55 PM EDT
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I see, thanks for explaining it. I assume the second part is tongue in cheek but also truth. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Interesting. I heard some were being bought but used here. What's the reason for keeping them stateside? They're not combat aircraft with the systems in place on a Blackhawk for example. They're significantly less than a Blackhawk in terms of acquisition and operating costs which explains why they've been a success with the Guard. I see, thanks for explaining it. I assume the second part is tongue in cheek but also truth. Ha, after re-reading that I can see where I could be misunderstood. I was purely speaking from a financial standpoint. The aircraft costs less than a Blackhawk, so if you're looking at your bottom line, the LUH has been a success. |
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Posted: 8/18/2014 7:06:30 PM EDT
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Thx! After I posted I saw the rest of the pics... note the engine intakes are shaped significantly different and there's something... strange about the nose shape compared to the original BK-117. As another poster pointed out it surely is a derivative of that airframe, if not of directly linear descent. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Quoted: Non-deployable. Now coming to an active training unit @ Ft Rucker, b/c of budget cuts. How would you like to learn to fly in a twin-engine European helicopter? Isn't it the MBB BK-117 in fatigues? Those clamshell rear doors make me believe this... Think so. It's just a civilian helicopter w/ few military mods. Think they had to add A/C after the initial buy b/c the avionics kept overheating in American summers. Thx! After I posted I saw the rest of the pics... note the engine intakes are shaped significantly different and there's something... strange about the nose shape compared to the original BK-117. As another poster pointed out it surely is a derivative of that airframe, if not of directly linear descent. The EC145 is on the same type certificate as the Bk117. The latest iteration will be the EC145T2 with the mother-of-all-Fenestrons, which should enter the US market in the latter part of this year. |
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Posted: 8/18/2014 7:13:25 PM EDT
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When in the hell did we start calling that tribe the Lakota? http://www.508pir.org/images/aircraft/c47_tail_nr_42-92841_02.jpg That's a Dakota not a Lakota. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 8/18/2014 8:42:00 PM EDT
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Ha, after re-reading that I can see where I could be misunderstood. I was purely speaking from a financial standpoint. The aircraft costs less than a Blackhawk, so if you're looking at your bottom line, the LUH has been a success. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Interesting. I heard some were being bought but used here. What's the reason for keeping them stateside? They're not combat aircraft with the systems in place on a Blackhawk for example. They're significantly less than a Blackhawk in terms of acquisition and operating costs which explains why they've been a success with the Guard. I see, thanks for explaining it. I assume the second part is tongue in cheek but also truth. Ha, after re-reading that I can see where I could be misunderstood. I was purely speaking from a financial standpoint. The aircraft costs less than a Blackhawk, so if you're looking at your bottom line, the LUH has been a success. LOL cool. Thanks for explaining it. Makes sense for a beater to fly around it sounds like. |
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