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I'll take two!
shouldazagged
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Interesting features, and certainly different from the feared Hind. If the counter-rotating rotors hold up they should eliminate the problem of tail-rotor failure.
I'm surprised there wasn't a shot of Vlad the Impaler posing with the thing. And if it's that advanced, I wonder why they're displaying it in such detail.
I'm surprised there wasn't a shot of Vlad the Impaler posing with the thing. And if it's that advanced, I wonder why they're displaying it in such detail.
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Interestingly, the KA 52 uses the latest Android 5.0 Lollipop software for all its electronic systems. Targeting is all done by Google Maps and all flight data and flight control programs are backed up to Google Drive. Making the KA 52 the first attack helicopter capable of synching and sharing communications (Google+), flight plans (Google docs), video, radar and day/night television images (Google+ Photo) with all Android based cell phones (using Android 4.0 or higher). Additionally, any future updates to its Android software will be automatically pushed the the attack helicopter (wifi connection recommended).
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That is slicker.....
That is slicker than cat **** on a linoleum floor. There are two places that the Russkies are very good. Helicopters and tanks.
This one looks like it's got everything, probably even a kitchen sink.
I've always thought copters were too easy to swat down but this looks a good deal tougher than anything before. No tail rotor gets rid of one highly vulnerable area. The fuselage and canopy look like a fighter plane and the ejection system is great (if it works).
That is slicker than cat **** on a linoleum floor. There are two places that the Russkies are very good. Helicopters and tanks.
This one looks like it's got everything, probably even a kitchen sink.
I've always thought copters were too easy to swat down but this looks a good deal tougher than anything before. No tail rotor gets rid of one highly vulnerable area. The fuselage and canopy look like a fighter plane and the ejection system is great (if it works).
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shouldazagged
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If it fails to jettison the rotor blades, the crew will be sliced and diced when they punch out, but it's an ingenious idea.
That'd be a nice machine for heli-hog'n in Texas. It'd work better than the robinson heli in this vid: (hogs wouldn't stand a chance) http://vimeo.com/21181307
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Malpasowildlifer
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very cool. I've always liked the Hind; I didn't know about this one.
LVSteve
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Two things stand out for me.
1) They learned from Afghanistan that hot and high makes a marginally powered helicopter vulnerable. Accounts from Allied forces over the last 13 years support this finding.
2) They have fitted a VERY fast anti-tank missile, I assume to reduce the unmask time of the helicopter. The guidance system is pretty neat, too.
1) They learned from Afghanistan that hot and high makes a marginally powered helicopter vulnerable. Accounts from Allied forces over the last 13 years support this finding.
2) They have fitted a VERY fast anti-tank missile, I assume to reduce the unmask time of the helicopter. The guidance system is pretty neat, too.
DeathGrip
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They're boasting a pretty high ceiling.
Come on up where the big boys play.
Die.
Come on up where the big boys play.
Die.
skeetshooter
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Look's like my neighbors crop duster
Looks cool but remember it's a commercial. The Hind was feared at one time but while in the Army I attended a briefing by some guys running an exploitation project before the cold war ended. It had a lot of warts, you would be surprised. It's not as armored as people think.
It's kind of like the reputations of certain guns you read about. I grew up hearing about the SIG 220 and FAL rifle. They still have a strong following. When I finally had a chance to shoot those two my reaction was, that's it? Where's all that magic I read about?
Until enemy weapons get put through an exploitation program they can seem fierce.
It's kind of like the reputations of certain guns you read about. I grew up hearing about the SIG 220 and FAL rifle. They still have a strong following. When I finally had a chance to shoot those two my reaction was, that's it? Where's all that magic I read about?
Until enemy weapons get put through an exploitation program they can seem fierce.
