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Old 25th Jan 2018, 14:02
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Fareastdriver
 
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Hot & Hi. You miss my point. Obviously if there is aircraft structure in the way you cannot see anything below you but if it is offset than it becomes visible.

I was referring to my experience doing Fighter affiliation with helicopters when I was in the military. Properly flown with the advantage of camouflage a helicopter is very difficult for a jet jockey to see. Not knowing where it is jet has to have to have a wide scan and cannot concentrate on one point where they may pick up the helicopter, similar to a look out for a civil fixed wing.

You put on one blade without any paint on it and it jumps out of the ground at you!

That is why when a pilot, fixed or rotary, looks at the ground for simple positioning then striped rotors will indicate it presence.
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