Originally Posted by
60FltMech
When I was a mechanic on them I think I had heard that it was something to do with how the rotor wash flowed over the stabilator at a hover, making it more stable as a firing platform.
But, that could have been just someone’s opinion on it or a complete fabrication, I haven’t touched an AH-64 in about 16 years thankfully so I’m not in the know on Apache anymore.
FltMech
I have a feeling Prouty talks about that exact topic in one of his articles. I will browse later